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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 

IhapF.i^^Copyright No. 

UNITED STATES OF AMF.RICA. 




JOSEPH SMITH. 



REMINISCENCES OF 
SARATOGA 

OR 

TWELVE SEASONS AT THE 
" STATES " 



BY 

Joseph Smith 



ILLUSTRATED 



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1837 



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corrubNT. i«97 

• V 

JOSKi'M SMIDI 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 



PAGE 

Autobiography ^ 

I _At THE Famous Old Clarendon . . n 

II. — Beyond the Sea 28 

III. — London and Paris 4° 

IV.— The Story of Four Seasons at the 

States 54 

v.— Two Delightful Seasons at the States 69 

VI.— Wisdom, Wealth, and Beauty . . 9° 
VII.— Two Eventful Summers at the Famous 

Hostelry ^°9 

VIII. — A Trip to Carlsbad . . • • ^S^ 
XX.— The Memorable Season of 'Ninety- 
four ^64 

X.— Some of the Most Prominent Events in 

THE Society World . . . -193 
XI. — Important Incidents Recalled during 

the Season of 'Ninety-five . . 229 
XII. — Personal Reminiscences of Notable 

Men who have Visited Saratoga . 278 

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ILLUSTRATIONS. 













PAGE 


Joseph Smith Frontispiece 


Robert G. Remsen 






. i6 


Commodore Vanderbilt 










. 24 


Henry Clews 










32 


William H. Vanderbilt 










. 40 


Victor Hugo 










• 52 


Cornelius Vanderbilt 










. 62 


G. P. Morosini 










78 


D. B. Ivison . 










. 86 


Hon. John Wanamaker 










94 


Hon. J. S. T. Stranahan 










104 


Daniel Dougherty 










. 114 


Henry A. Hurlbut 










124 


Richard V. Harnett . 










132 


Robert L. Cutting 










. 140 


Jesse Seligman 










150 


James P. Wallace 










160 


Orson D. Munn . 










170 


Capt. Warren C. Beach 










180 


Hon. Levi P. Morton . 










194 


Hon. Roswell P. Flower . 










204 


Ira p. Warren 










212 


Lieut.-Com. T. Bailey Myers Mason 




220 


Edward M. Klemm 










230 



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Rev. Oliver Crane, D.D.. Ll^D 
John H. Van ANTwrki 
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REMINISCENCES OF SARATOGA 



Reminiscences of Saratoga. 



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

I WAS born in Charleston, South CaroHna, on 
the ninth day of March, 1832, and was edu- 
cated in the private schools of my native city. 
At the age of eighteen years, I was sent North by 
my father in the care of Beale and Craven, who 
owned and conducted, and were exhibiting in the 
city at that time, a panorama called " A trip to Cali- 
fornia by way of the Horn, returning by the isthmus 
of Panama." 

On the eve of my departure from home, my father 
placed in my hand a letter, containing most excellent 
advice, from which I append an extract : 



"Charleston, March 16, 1850. 
" Dear Joseph : 

" As you are about leaving us, and perhaps forever, as 
life is uncertain, I cannot part with you without a few 
words of advice. You are going into the world to seek 
your fortune at a time of life that requires all your en- 



Rtmintscfiufs 0/ Saratoga. 



^r^^ tf> ohtitn vjrrc;*; Ynu well Inow ihe right from 

rmer, I have 

■.Mr ana,.cr. 
:ny, 

•I •" I '■ 'V— are 

>n» and aJluremcnts to 
1. If you can overcome 
rtatn. Shun everything 

* ' ' I.C 

Ti\ 

M!u in )uur 

in J? to forfeit 

^l* con- 

, if the 

ny. In 

the firkt 

J ufMin 

ke. Ut 

cm that you 



. ; ■. ( (. tc n^ with aj;c. 

: in my hands by my eldest 

: uM t.»(l formerly belonged to my 

r. Putting the book in my carpct- 

^'^s' I ' next morning for lialtimorc, 

M.irylau... T vc';=;cl. the voyage occupying 

nearly two weeks. 

When off Cape IKi... ..c ran into the tcclh of 
a savage gale, and from that moment began a des- 
perate struggle that practically lasted until we 
reached Chesapeake Bay. I became greatly alarmed, 
my mind and thoughts were wafted back to old 



A utobiography. 



Charleston, to my friends and relatives and to the 
happy Christian home I had so recently left behind. 
Suddenly I found myself on my knees reaching for 
the Bible, when on opening it my eyes fell for the 
first time on a bit of note-paper which my sister had 
carefully cut to fit the fly leaf, and then sewed on 
with needle and thread, and which remains intact to 
this day. On this paper she had traced the following 
tender words at parting : 

" Dear Brother make this precious Book your guide 

through life. Oh remember your Creator in the days of 

your youth and then you will be prepared for all the 

hardships you may have to meet with in leaving friends 

and home. With the hope that you will take my advice, 

I commit you into the hands of God, who will take care 

of all who trust in him. May God bless you, is the 

prayer of your sister, 

" Emeline S. Kinloch." 
" March 13, 1850." 

What a hallowed name is Home. How full of 
enchantment and how dear to the heart. Home is 
the magic circle within which the weary spirit finds 
refuge. "There are many roosts for a man," some 
one has wittily said, " but only one nest." And now 
let me say to my readers, especially do I address 
myself to young men, let your life be attuned to the 
right chord. Love your Home. Let no flowers be 
so sweet as those which blossom there. Let your 
interest cluster like a beautiful vine about your 
father and mother, your sisters and your brothers. 
Home, that name touches every fibre of our nature, 
and strikes every chord of the human soul. 



4 Rtmimiuentes of Saratoga. 

vc may roam, 
' xct like home." 

m.i two ycnrs. 

■ I ■■ ;■, 

' ACc in the 

■ I .UK iijcc, whose 

\ f the wife, the three 

^ .1 

t: 

t '; 

n- t 

!ch ;i 
. ...y two 
» ' J. Howard 

K wife and 

t: .•!. and his 

V 

•t . f. 

^■ wife, 

t .. tall. 

\\ : and General Kin^j 

t.u,. '-• '•> his children. 

The I. I. !!oward 

^' t :: "vt beautiful 

out in my memory 

I T' Presb)tcrian Church 

M. C. A. January 4, 

y woman, and within 

the summer of that year I removed with my wife to 

Huds^" V N' f^ r.>n,?.,ct a private house called 



Autobiography. 5 

the " Hermitage," owned by C. C. Alger, the iron 
king, whose works were located in that city. Our 
-Hermitage" became a temporary home for hmi 
while in the city, but his family residence was at 
Newburgh-on-Hudson, where he was most pleasantly 
housed on the magnificent estate of the late Andrew 
Jackson Downing, who lost his life on the ill-fated 
steamer, Henry Clay, which took fire about three 
o'clock in the afternoon of July 28, 1852, near Yon- 
kers, and was burned to the water's edge, fifty-six 
persons perishing in the flames. The boat had been 
racing with the Armenia. Mr. Downing is chiefly 
remembered by his books on landscape gardening. ^ 
Mr. Alger was a superb entertainer at both of his 
establishments, the frequent visitors at Hudson in- 
cluding such representative men as David Dudley 
Field; Gouverneur Kemble, of Cold Spring; John 
F. Winslow and John A. Griswold, both of Troy ; 
Richard Henry Winslow, of Westport, Conn.; 
Samuel Ward, the famous epicure, who is author of 
the adage, "The best way to reach a man's heart is 
through his stomach"; and Mr. Jacob Leroy, who 
purchased and moved up in the old Livingston 
Manor, Columbia County. 

Remaining at Hudson till the summer of i860, I 
began at Saratoga in 1861, engaging to fill a respon- 
sible place at Congress Hall, at that time conducted 
by Hathorn and McMichael. Mr. James H. Bres- 
lin, the present popular and genial proprietor of 
the Gilsey House, New York, then a very young 
man, filled the position of chief clerk at Congress 
Hall; and I think I make no mistake when I afifirm 



that Mr. 1' Minly on duty seventeen 

'""' • y ixjur. I do not wonder at 

hotel life, when I recall the 



' him than flat- 

, - truth when I 

one of the model hotel proprietors 

I ri: Confess Hall during the four years 

' : It the 

iuatcd 
J New 

^ tl by 

1 c*n, and Charles Lcland. 

} rc^t hotel reputation in 

1 House, of which he 

. during which 

t tor of the bon- 

t I, where for fifteen 

t people of the land. 

ic \\;is also proprietor of 

v Ycfk. TTi s he was, al- 

:nan, the prop rec highly 

, , -.1 the same tim.. 

On the eighteenth day of June. i86$, the United 
•^^ • Hotel. Saratoga, erected in 1824. was dc- 
i by fire: and in consequence of this acci- 
dent, the C* ni once into prominence, 
and became tel of the Springs. 



Autobiography. 7 

I continued with Mr. Leland till 1872; and after 
an absence of one season, 1873, returned to my old 
place during 1874, '75, and ''j6. In the autumn of 
the last-named year I sailed for England, and re- 
mained abroad the two following years. My object 
in going to London was to open an office for fur- 
nishing couriers and guides and imparting general 
information to parties of Americans going on the 
Continent. 

During my stay in the world's metropolis, I stop- 
ped with a family named Terry. Mr. Terry had 
been in the service of Baroness Burdett Coutts some 
fourteen years ; and he related to me many interest- 
ing things about that noble woman. On returning 
to America I spent a social evening with an esteemed 
friend at Albany ; and the conversation drifted to 
the subject of forming a society, the object of which 
should be charity and benevolence, with special 
reference to extending a helping hand in time of 
sickness and death. Invitations were sent out ask- 
ing co-operation ; and a few of us finally met at my 
house and effected an organization. Looking around 
for a suitable name, I suggested that of Lady Bur- 
dett Coutts which was unanimously adopted, and 
which has remained the name of the society to the 
present time. That was in 1879; ^"^ subsequently 
responding to a sentiment at one of our monthly 
meetings, I gave expression among other things to 
the following : 

" ' If you seek his monument look around you.' This 
phrase, which in its Latin dress was a comphment to Sir 



iratoga. 



may, 

•d to 



heart* 

l.rr ! 



1 .. I..C 

\ iirtlctt 

1 

Association of 
Alluny, N. Y., : md ha« in 

its roll of mcmhv. ...,. . . ;.. • citizens 

of ih.it city, and \s at present in a i: condi- 

tion. 

In the pat^es that follow I &hall have a (;oocl deal 
t c, which will not be 

V I tni't. 

f . . '• 

Hut, in 1880, I returned to the Clarendon under a 

r r,, .., . ,» ..„| rcmainr-' ■'•" — • '' ■-■•»- 

.i;u nuMU*- 
r to mv old 

1 '1 

r 
t »\v alter so long an 

... and among its best 
. I have been repeatedly urged to 
ui.L .1 UN ^untaining my reminiscences of Sara- 
toga summer life as it appears to me. After dccid- 



A titobiography. 9 

ing to perform this task, I still hesitated about 
printing names. But remembering that, in the 
many years of service rendered among the large 
number of guests that flock here annually, I received 
from them nothing but the most considerate kind- 
ness, I felt sure that I could not offend by telling 
my readers, in unmistaken language, who are the 
friends that made Saratoga a second home to me, 
and also made it possible for me to write these my 
reminiscences. 

Always an American, and knowing nothing grander 
than to wear the proud title of citizen of the great 
Republic, I rested all my claims to attention when 
abroad upon that simple name, and I only appeal to 
the patronage of my fellow-citizens at home as an 
American to Americans. But the memory of the 
favors tendered me through all the thirty-two sum- 
mers by these good people will always abide with 
me. And now before I sever my connection with 
the States — confident that I will do so with the 
deepest regret and gratitude — and of my feeling of 
sincere admiration for the throng of patrons who 
frequent this great summer resort; and if I may be 
allowed to bring forward the genial American poet, 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, to speak a farewell senti- 
ment for me, I would have him put it in these simple 
words : 

" Say kindly of me what is chiefly true, 
Remembering always I belong to you. 
Deal with me as a stranger if you will, 
But keep me, claim me, call me Joseph still." 



lo RemiHis(tmfs 



My full baptismal name i> Joseph Aubin Smith. 
but a* I have always been known as Joseph Smith, 
at Saratoga. I choc.se that simple name for my 

litcraiv -.f vi.ir .:f r I-. '.\-'^. I. ...I- 







CHAPTER I. 

AT THE FAMOUS OLD CLARENDON. 

THEY tell us that the word hotel, like the words 
hospital and hospitality, comes from the old 
Latin word hospes, meaning guest. The hotel 
should, therefore, be as home-like as possible, making 
those who register on its books feel as if they had a 
warm and sympathetic place in every heart connected 
with the establishment; a place something like their 
old homestead, so that they will not too much regret 
their absence from the familiar fireside. Goldsmith 
has described the best kind of a hotel, and has pro- 
nounced a poetical benediction upon it in these 
words : 

" Blest be that spot where cheerful guests retire. 
To pause from toil and trim their evening fire ; 
Blest that abode where want and pain repair, 
And every stranger finds a ready chair." 
And I am glad to say that my experience has been 
passed at such hotels as that. 

Passing over the time spent at the Congress Hall, 
which covered the exciting years of the Civil War, I 



Rnt 



proceed at once to note my ^ . with the 
Clarendon as mail ^.11 :u I .i:..! . . Juclor.be- 
{^inning with Ju: . with the burn- 
ing of the S* • nearly all that 
they lost, tcr prominence 
and !>: 

khI people pa«a 
me. and whiie i remember their many kind- 

r.i v.ir .1 1 'ii, 'r fUAny noble qualities that 

cat world where I could 

' •' ' of them to 

isH of my 

Jucc ihcm jjlc*oui»lly to the 

i ' at the ( 

I clcr Lori. I ; 
; as they did the entire suite of 

L ...^ :..;.t of the house. It was on a Satur> 

day morning, if my memory* serves mc aright, when 
one of the - ' ' ' ' '!ard family told mc 
that Mi!is I. . arrive on that even- 

in • I. I had not learned 

!' .1 on Sunday morn- 

iy. wiuic 1 iiad tiiargc of the office, a finely 
i and handsome man came in to inquire for 
his mail. He wore a velvet coat, and vest to match, 
with buff cloth pants, silk hat and a heavy watch 
chain. Addressing me, he smiled ; and then what 
was my surpri«;c to discover that it was none other 
than young Kip, whom I had known in Albany 



A I tJie Famous Old Clarendon. 13 



years before, and who was the son of the Rev. Wm. 
Ingraham Kip, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Cali- 
fornia, lately passed away. The younger Kip was 
at that time, and until his marriage soon after, Colo- 
nel Lawrence Kip of the regular army, and had 
passed through twenty-seven engagements in our 
late war. Although it makes sad record, I must say 
here that Mr. Peter Lorillard was taken ill toward 
the end of the season of 1866, and died at the Clar- 
endon after the formal closing of the house in Octo- 
ber ; but it is good to add that he was surrounded 
in his last moments by his four sons, George, Pierre, 
Jacob, and Lewis, and his sons-in-law, Messrs. Ker- 
nochan and Barbey. 

The name of Rev. Wm. Ingraham Kip, alluded to 
in connection with the Lorillards, recalls to many 
Albanians memories of his residence in that city. 
For sixteen years, from 1837 to 1853, he was Rector 
of St. Peter's Church in the Capital City, and from 
that parish was elected first Bishop of California, go- 
ing from a successful work here to a larger field in 
the land of gold. Bishop Kip is the author of sev- 
eral books, including CJii'istmas Holidays in Rome, Do- 
mestic and Religions Life in Italy, and other works. 

Who has not heard of William R. Travers, born 
in Baltimore in 18 19, who had a host of admiring 
friends, and who was a wit of the higher type? And 
his witticisms were always without malice, a part 
of his genial, kindly disposition, and such as to 
strengthen old friendships and to make new ones. 
His sparkling and ready repartee was a quality to 
make him easily distinguished in the society of New- 



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■ ogx lli« witty sayings 

^ ;;ii' , I. t I »c! • • ;^ being al 
man. and worth i their in- 



y 

more 



The two ; .; fancier's, 

and a '' • ;. i.i .i i • • were 

thrown he valor \\\ of 

til , r:il him 

*< >'- Thnt 
o: 
d 

ti :nc lr>''"K •" vain to 

sh=. - t. Mr. Travcrs be- 

came at this point t: excited, or else he 

humorously f ' •. and, rushing round 

the pit. he * ny the r-r-rat. B-b- 
buy the r-r-ral : 

These are among the many anecdotes all of which 
go to prove Mr. Travcrs one of the most kindly and 
genuine wits that ever ij.txircd in the everyday 
business world. 



At the Famous Old Clarendon. 15 



There is one graceful, manly, high-bred figure that 
can only come to me in memory now ; for it will 
never again be seen in the halls and piazzas of the 
great American Spa. I refer to Leonard W. Jerome, 
of whom it may safely be said that no man had more 
friends than he. Mr. Jerome was certainly not the 
worse for being very fond of horses, and while he 
became a leading whip, and a leading representative 
of the four-in-hand driver's art in this country, and 
while he made still more conspicuous ventures in the 
yachting sport, yet he had heart and mind for larger 
things. He cultivated and patronized the fine arts 
in the same generous fashion in which he did every- 
thing to which he turned his attention. He married 
early in life Miss Clarissa Hall, of Palmyra, N. Y., 
and he shared his brother Lawrence's matrimonial 
tastes as well as his social prominence and popularity 
— for they married sisters. 

Something of the character and influence of Mr, 
Jerome is suggested by this story from Princeton 
College. He had offered a medal to the most per- 
fect gentleman in the class soon to be graduated ; 
and the authorities of the institution asked him for 
a definition of the word " gentleman " to guide them 
in the award of the prize. And in reply Mr. Jerome 
defined a gentleman as being " He who is the most 
thoughtful of others." 

His place on the turf, in finance, and in society, 
and especially in good fellowship, is little likely to 
be filled, for the conditions which moulded him and 
his kindred spirits have passed forever away. There 
were few who knew him who will not declare that, 
judged by the highest standard of the gentleman, 



1 6 /it! . 0/ Saratoga. 

namely, the gentleness of a worthy man, Mr. Jerome 

was a gent'- :..«.. 1 1 when he died there 

was one I tt in the world. Of 

' '- r 



v Miss Jennie Jerome at 
i i to her by the Prince of 

\\ .. .iricd her, namely, in 1874. 

Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill was the 
!iccond son of the sixth Duke of Marlborou(;h, and 
w.TH born at Blenheim castle. February 13, 1840. He 
was cducai " ' " ' ' " , c 

in i«rf. I hI 

] >n her 



was the Hon. Erastus Corning, who happened to be 

' •' -; there with Mrs. Coming when 

;) of the death of his youngest 

la. The young 

to an esteemed 

young lady of Saratoga, .Miss Kcnip, the daughter 

of a naval officer. I was an eye-witness to the 

marriage ceremony, which took place at high noon 

in Bcthesda Church. Saratoga. The young widow 

of Edwin Coming subsequently became the wife of 

our respected and honored townsman, Mr. Robert 

Lenox Banks. 

Dr. John F. Gray was the first physician in America 
to adopt the medical system of the famous Hahne- 




ROBERT G. REMSEN. 



At the Famous Old Clarendon. 17 

mann. Bom at Sherbourne, N. Y., in September, 
1804, Dr. Gray was at once a distinguished homoe- 
opathist and an accomplished classical scholar. Dr. 
Gray was always accompanied by his cultured and 
charming daughter, Miss Mary. 

And he was as remarkable for private generosity 
and personal kindness as for public worth. To a 
poor sewing-girl who came to him for advice he gave 
a vial of medicine, telling her to go home and take 
the medicine and go to bed. She replied that she 
could not do so, because she was dependent on her 
daily earnings for her daily bread. " Then," said 
this big-hearted physician, " I will have to change 
the prescription a little." Whereupon he took the 
vial back, wrapped it in a ten-dollar bill, and, hand- 
ing it to the girl, said : " Now, go home and take the 
medicine, wrapper and all ! " 

It will not be inappropriate to say in this connec- 
tion that the rare doctor of whom I am speaking 
once borrowed twenty dollars of me on the cars, and 
soon afterward paid me thirty dollars in return. 

And there came large-hearted merchants to the 
Clarendon, men like the older William E. Dodge, 
whose happiest fortune is the fact that his son has 
followed in the father's footsteps, asking for the old 
paths, wherein is the good way. I need not tell the 
reader about the great, generous deeds performed 
by William E. Dodge ; for the deeds that men do 
live after them, and no man from the walks of 
mercantile life has left a larger legacy of those riches 
which never suffer bankruptcy and never cease to 
accumulate. But perhaps the thing most to be 



1 8 Remimiutm(fs of Saratoga . 

noted in t' n, 

almost c .. l>c 

nc\'cr failed to create in those who can^e into ossoci- 

•■ •'• ' •" His very face was a hymn of praise. 

u found him in the crowded hotel or 
' ' ! of a business men's 
s if he had just come 
r. 

V venr;. both in New York and Newport, 
Mr. was a recognized social leader: 

h if was this so in the life of the 

lere he was long identified with 
111- .i:»ii i> i.iiK element, such as the Coopers 
and lleuctts, Mr. Leary was constantly sought for 

' ' • ;hat the 

that he 

it seem 

invited 

him. Alw.iys n.i hnancial 

. 1. ', s \\i 1 . ^ , honored in 

.is he was courted in the social realm, 
.i;;.i JK- .;( •• :^cd in cvery way •'•■• ••-'••- •'< ■• -'--ith 
found in his hands. 

Mr. John C. Gr. ' *' \ rk v i > .» i.^uilar 

•stimmrr ^u«^«?t nt tl n ; and Mrs. Green, a 

wife, always accompa- 
•Ir. Green was very ill ; 
and Mr. '. •• . who was known as Lord Wil- 

loughby i ■■. presumably because of his fine 

personal .^ . drove down from his handsome 

villa to incj lit .n* .ut the welfare of his friend Mr. 
Green. Having sent up his message, " Lord Wil- 



At the Famoiis Old Clarendon. 19 



loughby " sat on the piazza, and in the course of con- 
versation told me that Mr. Green was too rich a man 
to die, adding that his income reached the enormous 
figure of one thousand dollars a day. Mr. Green recov- 
ered, however, but not because he was too rich to die, 
and returned again the followingsummer. He usually 
came early in the season, as did also the Hon. Fred- 
erick T. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, who, by the 
way, married Mrs. Green's sister, who was a Gris- 
wold. I was at that time mail-carrier for the house, 
and when the Frelinghuysens came to leave for 
home, Miss Tillie, one of the daughters, told me 
in the presence of her father and mother that I had 
given her ninety-six letters, and added that it was 
as much a pleasure to her to receive them from 
my hand as that afforded by the contents of the 
letters. 

John G. Saxe, the gifted and genial poet, was a 
frequent and welcome visitor at the Clarendon, for 
every guest knew and appreciated the quiet, benevo- 
lent humor of his song. And many of them could 
certainly respond heartily to his protest against the 
bores from whom it was often my duty to defend 
them : 

" Again I hear that creaking step ! 
He 's rapping at the door ! 
Too well I know the boding sound 
That ushers in a bore. 
I do not tremble when I meet 
The stoutest of .my foes ; 
But heaven defend me from the friend 
Who comes, but never goes." 



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I'ct ly, u'crc Amonj; 

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1. and educated 

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MrH.'Nor- 


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York 


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Mrs. 


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her son. 


: lyior, and Mrs. 


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ilrr. all - 


DC: Hon. 


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. Mr. 


Bt . and Mr. 

• M .-..■. I . N City; Gen- 


eral A 




of Providence, R. I., and 


John L^rlL 


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t ihc same city, who was re- 



latcd to the founder of Brown University ; Peter 



At the Famous Old Clarendon. 2 1 



Harvey of Boston, Addison Cammack, Mr. and Mrs. 
Lewis of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Hicks, now Mrs. Lord, 
a famous horseback rider, always attended by a 
groom ; Robert L. Stuart, and Mrs. Stuart, and Al- 
exander Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Munn, accompa- 
nied by their two sons, August Belmont, John R. 
Marshall, Simon De Vissar and family, Mr. Von 
Stade and family, Marshall O. Roberts and wife, 
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Washington Pell, with their son 
Duane, Mr. Rokanbaugh and family, with the present 
Mrs. Davies, their daughter, Sidney Mason and Mrs. 
Mason, all of New York City ; Hamilton Harris and 
family of Albany, and Daniel Lathrop and family, 
and Peter Monteith and family, of the same city ; 
Jay Gould and family, Mr. and Mrs. Salem H. Wales, 
Hon. Charles and Mrs. O'Connor, all of New York 
City. 

Way back in the sixties, Mr. August Belmont — 
what a flood of memories that name recalls — liked 
to run up to Saratoga from New York, and register 
at the Clarendon. He drove four-in-hand, at that 
time, in Saratoga ; so did Mr. Travers, also Edward 
Matthews, Esq. Simeon Leland, proprietor of the 
Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, stopped with 
his nephew at the famous Clarendon, and he, too, 
drove four horses. It was remarked at the time 
that he was the first hotel proprietor ever to appear 
on the streets of that village holding the ribbons 
over the backs of four high-steppers. 

But to return to Mr. Belmont. He was a great 
business man, a banker, and a financier of marked 
abihty and of conspicuous success throughout his 



22 Ki-mtMnirMilS of Sarato/^a. 

entire career; among the eminent bankers of his 
day and time he w.t? .. • i ! in many respects as a 
balance u heel. 1 1 1 all the virtues, as well 

' ' ' ..gruff, 

' ' every 

I aaJ jJUfvc ic.jjondcil tO 

He was a lovable man ; 

f the heart. Among 

. at all times strictly 

l)u inciis and they learned but one side of his char- 

.ictcr. Among his frier' '<• '• -^ .i»..,„.»K-.r ,ijf. 

fcrenl. 

As ' ' • •' turf y\i. j.ciiu(.m luvcr v.iied 
his li ry or insincerity. lie is one of 

tho<;c l:;.it liuvc made racing famous in the com- 
mvi'y. 

• the Clarendon Hotel 
nd it wan then that I 
first saw him and had frequent talks with the gentle- 
tn.iti. All my memories of the Lfdgrr were so 
pleasant I was vcr>' glad to meet its genbl pro- 
I)ricti>r. I may be ' ! for giving here my 

estimate of him as ! d to mc. There was 

'. him. and in nameless 

ion of a nature full of 

<i generous impulses, kind and 

ut one flaw of meanness in his 

character. Mr. Robert Bonner is as approachable 

as it is possible to be. His door is ever open, and 

his head is fed by blood which runs through his 

heart : evcr>'b«>dy is his friend. 

His name should be recalled and respected when- 



At the Famous Old Clarendon. 23 

ever the New York Ledger is recurred to. His in- 
fluence is a legacy of which it has a right to be 
proud. The Ledger itself was a result he loved and 
a trust which he cherished, and I take the utmost 
pleasure in giving space to the following which ap- 
peared in one of our local sheets at the time he 
retired from active life : 

"The withdrawal of Mr. Robert Bonner from the 
active management of the New York Ledger, which he 
made such a phenomenal and abiding success, is an 
event that naturally excites a great deal of newspaper 
comment. And it must be gratifying to Mr. Bonner to 
find that the newspaper reviews of his remarkably suc- 
cessful career are all so cordial and kindly m their 
appreciation. He should live many years yet, and he is 
en oying in the fulness of his powers the compliments 
that few men get, even after they are dead, and when 
they no longer care for human praise or censure. 

" The truth is that Mr. Bonner not only gets, but de- 
serves these recognitions in his hfetime, because his^ 
successes have been won by open, frank, and manly 
methods, and because he has been a great P^bhc bene- 
factor by furnishing to large classes of readers, who had 
been more or less demoralized by ' cheap and nasty or 
low and sensational fiction, the pure and wholesome 
stories and biographies of the Ledger. 

" The newspaper and business men of the country owe 
to Mr. Bonner a lasting debt of gratitude for his bold- 
ness and originality in advertising. He used to startle 
everybody by occupying a whole page in the Tribune, 
or Herald, or Times, by one of his advertisements of the 
Ledger regardless of the cost of such display. He 
showed that this form of apparent extravagance was real 



.'.» n. 



!c talk 
.ilways 



\ s. kind 

tr< iiiijcai^ lic'ii' :)g and 



\ 

r 

1 -» 

I ,. ■ l» 

which he h' 

I li .il mention and comment 

the n.iii.' <M iu.ii ui -).;iiwhcd philanthropist, W. 
W. Corcoran of Washington. D. C. ; and how well 
! " :i of the Repub- 

' ;. with the life of 

every rrcsidcnt, from the 
) to the time of his recent 
The Corcoran Art Caller)' which he endowed 
-.:.. $2,000,000, has given American art a firm estab- 
lishment at the Capital of the nation, while his 
monument to the author of " Home. Sweet Home! " 
and the thoutrhtful generosity by which John How- 
ard r.iync ' . American soil, shows that 
Mr. Corcu: :1c and considerate as he 







COMMODORE VANDERBILT- 



At the Famous Old Clarendon. 25 



was cultivated. In response to the question of a 
friend as to whether he felt compensated for the gift 
of these immense sums he made this noble reply : 

'' I do. The pleasure I have had in doing good with 
my money, is greater than that which could have arisen 
from any sum, however great. My feeling in this re- 
gard," he added, "reminds me of the epitaph on the 
tomb of Edward Courteney, the Earl of Devonshire : 

" * What I gave I have ; 
What I spent I had ; 
What I left I lost.' " 

In writing to his grandchildren, and speaking of 
what he termed a grandfather's legacy, he concluded 
thus : 

" The most valuable bequest I can make you is a good 
name, and I feel assured you will keep it ; for its price 
is above rubies." 

Mr. Corcoran was a Southerner to his heart's core, 
and although the son of an Irishman, he never forgot 
the people who had raised him from poverty to afflu- 
ence. The impoverished widows and daughters of 
the South were his most chivalrous care. The splen- 
did home which he reared in Washington as a me- 
morial to his wife will keep his memory green at 
every hearth-stone. Wealth in such hands is a posi- 
tive blessing. How well I remember a little group 
at the Clarendon years ago, when Commodore Van- 
derbilt, John W. Garrett, and Mr. Corcoran sat down 
together. And the proximity of the railroad mag- 



0/ Saratoga, 



picture to 



minds one of the apt wor 



" ^\ IKc dinu»ed ; 

A .^r.! 

I 

If» .l.slnjj this rcc"!''^'^'''*" '^f my stay at the old 
< I may b' ' for reproducing the 

kjiKi ^^..lli^of \V ' if'fss. with its quotatioH 

from the Xrw ) 

"The postman at the Clarendon Hotel, Saratoga 

S ' ■ \' -v. 

I ■ n 

I. 
1 . ,c 

I phic Sparkle,' currc- 

■'l to dc- 

liM-r •. piaxr.i 

• ly the 

- r, -:id him 

\^ clamor out for letters, the 

I V..V • • •»icir love missives ; and 

AS th' red individual, he has 

..> .1 iiti.f :. t iMfN. .:y. The postman is Mr. 

. Smith, who has been it the Clarendon for many 
" ' :csts, and he 

lion. I^ng 
M.i) I'.c l;\c \'j be ihc LLMrtr u: ^ • ' a- 

•rs at Saratoga. Mr. Smith cc:: A 



At the Famous Old Clarendon. 



27 



notice, since a few days ago he picked up a parcel m 
the street containing papers of value and $250 m money. 
He sought out the owner, who was Mr. Rufus Story, and 
returned the package to him. Surely our letters are all 
safe in the hands of such an honest man, which is more 
than can be said of all post-of&ce officials.' " 




CHArTF.k II. 
BF.YOKD THE SEA. 



T S.Ml 1" f- » ■ 


' • ' November 14. i.S;6. by 


I the 


We had a jolly and 




ind even the 


sea V 


k of liayard 


Taylur.s liibutc ; 




"Thcs 


. • 


Mr 


- : 


!•: 


; ling lines 


lie 1. 




Atv 




And : 


•re 


In t 





One yowfi^ mr^n. Mr. J. Ronald Price, was on his 
way to I: re he was to attend Cariow Col- 

lege, Con: ,. to complete his studies for the 

priesthood. When he came to say good-bye to me, 
at Quecnstown, he took from his pocket a common 
visiting card, and under the dim light of a lantern 
38 



Beyond the Sea. 29 



which struggled hard to light the companion-way, 
at the hour of midnight, he wrote these cherished 
words: 

" 'T is sad to part ; it rends the heart ; 
'T is sad, 't is sad to sever ! 
Yet it is bliss to know but this. 
We do not part forever." 



Another person I must not omit to mention was 
the ship's physician, who, knowing that I was a 
stranger in England, very kindly gave me two letters 
of introduction to a friend in Birmingham, and also 
outlined my trip to London. 

One letter, addressed to Mr. Robert Rae, 337 
Strand, London, W. C, reads as follows : 

" Returning from America in the Wyoming, I had the 
good fortune to make the acquaintance of the esteemed 
bearer of this note, Mr. Joseph Smith, of Albany, N. Y. 
I am certain that you will add to many past favors to 
me another, and give Mr. Smith any assistance in your 
power, and put him in the way of finding out how to 
see some of the sights of London. You will find Mr. 
Smith a pleasant companion, and a well-informed, liberal 



The other letter, addressed to Mr. Thomas Hen- 
ries, a shoe manufacturer of Birmingham, ran in this 
way: 

"The bearer of this note, Mr. Joseph Smith, is an 
American gentleman visiting England for instruction 
and amusement. I feel sure that I can count on your 



R, 



graphic docnpiionk of 



1 pen. 
> !. H. 

J li to mc 1 that, 

' -- f. 1 , ..I should ..,.; v^hcslcr; 

stay there two or three days: then go on to War- 
wick or \.r ' '■ ' 'h, Covcntr)' and 
Stratfurd w hours on the 
way t 

AC' thr m.T!!'«. wtr pmcccdcd on our way 

t that city. I re- 

1 to purchase a 

titkci (»»r the old city of Chester. There were many 
l>cr»ons ahead of mc at the ticket-office, awaiting 
their turn in a long, conventional line ; but I thought- 
1 ' ' • the window. Seeing my 

I ire took my place at the 

foul ui tl;t rvcd a 

soldier rr.\ .under 

that 1 nod to him to gel behind 

me qu n was gone, which he did, 

after some hesitation. But when the incident had 
passed, and the porter had taken my luggage to the 
train, and as I was about to Ukc my place in the 
compartment, some one accosted me. On turning 
round, whom should I find but the soldier I had met 



Beyond the Sea. 3 ^ 

in the station, and who proved to be a member of 
the regiment known as the Fourth " Prince of 
Wales' Own." He at once informed me that some 
one in the station had reported me as saying: 
" Enghshmen must get behind Americans." 

I was astounded at the misrepresentation, and at 
the soldier's evident misunderstanding of my kind- 
ness in the depot. I was able, however, to satisfy 
the gallant Briton, on our way to Chester, where we 
were finally separated. 

Chester is picturesquely situated on the banks of 
the river Dee, on a rocky elevation, in the midst 
of a fertile country ; and all writers are agreed that 
it is a place of great antiquity. And Chester is 
excellently located as a starting-place for many 
interesting and delightful excursions, the railway 
conveniences making many points of interest easily 
accessible. 

On leaving Liverpool, I met a gentleman of that 
city, Mr. Palin, who sat next to me in the cars. On 
learning, or rather seeing that I was an American— 
for here they can very soon tell that you are an 
American— he at once told me that he would set 
me right on our arrival in Chester. A gentlemanly- 
looking man of about sixty years ; a coat cut after 
the style of Washington, and knee-breeches with 
sheep-skin leggins ; a stove-pipe hat— that completed 
the outer appearance of Mr. Palin. He was a cattle 
merchant, by occupation. He took me at once to 
the Bowhng Green Inn and deposited my luggage 
with the Mistress, Mrs. Booth. I then took my 
departure with this genial companion for the old 



i to sec 

r-s old. 

:\ 

;it 

. Man. 

— :on and 

and I • 1 to look up 

the uniortunatc noblcman 



.m ; but |>crha|>s 
t..v ... .. the ancient town 

i^ that of ^ a row of fcvcn 

(' * . . ^,1 

• Auci liic dc- 

ippcars to have 
in turn by Hritons. Saxonn. and 
I •*:. illy went alonj; with the fortunes 

of the K . the train of the Conqueror. 

Chester is lu. • i .» city in England which still re- 
tains its waIU in their entire circuit of two miles. 
T ill been : " the last 

>f thrm 'n the 

the longest in i opt one over the Danube, 

carries the r . . i-n n-i.l Slirru sh :rv ..vi-r 

the Dee o- 



-^ ^ 




HENRY CLEWS. 



Beyond the Sea. 33 



Among the ancient churches of Chester is St. Os- 
wald, founded in 1093 ; St. Peter's, founded before 
the Conquest ; St. Michael's, founded about 1 1 18 ; St. 
Mary's, founded in the twelfth century ; and several 
others, including, as the most important of all Non- 
conformist chapels, that built by the followers of 
Matthew Henry. 

From the walls of Chester, the spot being marked 
by a tower, Charles I. stood, September 24, 1645, and 
saw his army defeated in the decisive battle of 
Rowton Heath. 

Among the places of note I saw an old dwelling 
which escaped the plague of three centuries ago, and 
on the steel plate on the door is inscribed : " God's 
Providence is Mine Inheritance." I then accom- 
panied my friend to the Stock and Cattle Yards, 
where an auction sale of cattle and swine takes 
place every Tuesday. Mr. Palin introduced me to 
a number of friends, and what large, burly English- 
men they were ! Ralph Waldo Emerson, on seeing 
such stalwart beings, would perhaps exclaim : " What 
quantity ! " 

Amongst others I was kindly introduced to Mr. 
Shepherd, a thorough Scotchman, the bailiff of the 
present Duke of Westminster, who at once extended 
me an invitation to visit him at Eaton Hall, the 
date being fixed at Wednesday, November 29, 1876. 
I can assure you that was a white day in my life. I 
can go to Westminster Abbey, where the great and 
noble are buried, I can see Henry VH.'s Chapel 
there, where the kings are buried, I can go to West- 
minster Hall, where Warren Hastings was tried and 



34 



Kfminiscfutfs cf Saratoga. 



whcr 

Aiu! 
I. .it. 



M n.i:i. w 



mncd to death. 

But «i visit to 

ncc of the richest man in 

,. . .. , M- :■• --r. wa»a 

;ccinct» 



After eni 
more to t: 
That func* 



•ne Mf> from I.ivrrpool, and 
. where 



V c were 


\ the Duke. 


four miles. 


four miles 


' :rc. 


it 



|}|.icc. /\: III 

into the : '.id 

with true .ind then taken forth 

for anothci ..^v... .■ ... 1; ...>uld be impossible to 
relate all my ex|>eriencc3 and observations in this 
! • ' • ... Is good- 

. I felt 



tlul 

A- 



i. I will tcii my readers something about 
family who own the princely mansion. 
The ancestral Grosvenor was in the suite of William 
the Conqueror when he left Normandy, and held 
office in the household of William after he became 
V\'.\ :^. He wa- ' • d to the Conqueror, being 

.t :. i.hew of 11 s the first Earl of Chester, 



Beyond the Sea. 35 



whose mother was King William's sister. An ances- 
tor of this Grosvenor was uncle of Rollo, the cele- 
brated Dane, successively knight, baronet, viscount, 
earl, marquis, and duke. The representatives of this 
family have reached the highest rank and honor, and 
to-day the Duke of Westminster is the richest peer 
in the realm. 

I left Chester on a Friday morning for London 
by way of Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace, the 
home, and the burial-place of the great bard of all 
time. Passing some places of minor importance, we 
arrived at Hatton, a place some nine miles from 
Stratford, where I had to change for my destination. 
After taking my dinner at an inn, I immediately 
went to the house where Shakespeare was born. 
Appearing at the entrance, I was met at the quaint 
old door by an elderly English matron wearing a 
white cap trimmed with red. The first room into 
which I was ushered was the poet's best room, made 
comfortable in appearance by a large fireplace in 
front of which the famous bard used to smoke his 
pipe and tell his tales. A back room on the same 
floor was called the second best, also adorned by a 
fireplace, in which both the matron and I could 
stand erect, and side by side. Ascending one flight 
of stairs we entered the room in which William 
Shakespeare first saw the light. " Indeed, sir," 
exclaimed the matron, " you are now on classic 
ground ! " 

Going next to the museum, we saw, among other 
curiosities, his old oaken arm-chair, in which she 
insisted that I should sit down, " just to have it to 



to Shakcs|>carc, 

'in of thirty 

eras. 1598. 



I .the letter 

f the hifthplacc r»f the fntr.il 

1 Mt 

:il 

a <cw sprif^ of 

.1 making 

t in and 

I ''m 

• y 

ilcjiarUJ ftum lli4.:ij, olihuu^h il woi iiJiicUcn years 

1 r h. 

and \' at 

later : .If at the ncd to 

me. 4..V I .,vr of the I.. ; , v.v.vh dates 

back to the eleventh century. In a few minutes I 

' ' ' ' ' ' all that is mortal of 

IS the remains of his 

w.ii:, . lies buried. Above 

the b.. the wall, is a bust of 



Beyond the Sea. 37 



the great poet, placed there soon after his death. 
The following lines are lettered in cloth, and placed 
on the stone slab that marks his remains : 

" Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear 
To dig the dust enclosed here ; 
Blessed be he that spares these stones, 
And curst be he that moves my bones." 

It is now late in the afternoon, and I am booked 
for London this very evening. I take journey, 
therefore, by way of Leamington, Warwick, and 
Oxford, passing by Windsor Castle, which was quite 
brilliantly illuminated, the Queen being at home. 

I arrived at Paddington station at 11.30 P.M. and 
the next morning secured very pleasant lodgings in 
Pimlico, on Berwick Street, S.W. After breakfast I 
went directly to Westminster Abbey. Walking first 
of all through the Abbey Church, I repaired to the 
Poets' corner, wishing to see where Charles Dickens 
rested. All that is mortal of the great novelist lies 
at the feet of Handel, and at the head of Sheridan, 
with Richard Cumberland on his right hand, and 
Macaulay on his left hand. The grave is near the 
foot of Addison's statue, and Thackeray's bust looks 
calmly down upon the spot where his old friend is 
sleeping. Within a few yards of the hallowed spot 
lie Johnson and Garrick, while the sculptured forms 
of Milton and Shakespeare stand near, as if waiting 
for their companions in the fame and glory of the 
world to rise and speak. 

The names of the several chapels are in order as 
follows : St. Benedict, St. Edmund, St. Nicholas, 



38 



Remiuisffittes of Saratcgm, 



Hcnr>' VII.. St. Paul. RJu.ird the Confessor. St. 
John. -• ^' ' ' ' - Andrew. 
Th ere. It is a plain, wooden 

• ■ >1 



V 


(loin 


1 


At the 


t: 


is covered with gold 


ll . 


.....XT. 


It 




VIMt ti^ ;ii 


'- i. of the 


cloisters. I 


.: rived 


i; 


•.'i the 


t 


•h.i! 1 



.1 And* led that Amcri' 

c... ^..... ■>'"ut h ... ^ ,, i around London 

and see th lan the English i>eoplc them- 

selves. I * ' • * rk. I 

pointed oi t fir 

from it that uf htx cuii^uciiji. 
beth. 

I >va.s verj' for* nc oi my many visits 

to be one of a j i by the secretary of 

the famous Dean Stanley. Of course every nook 
and comer was shown, as he had access to all places 
and distinct knowledge of all important things. He 

' ' ' * ' r of the chancel, and wc- ' * n 
vhcrc all the sovereigns i 

a:c c:^.'. ;:^J. In the early morning of lii.* 
day. her Majesty the Queen, the Princess of \ . 



Beyond the Sea, 39 

and the Princess Beatrice had, with their own hands, 
laid pretty wreaths of flowers, with cards attached, 
on the grave of Emily Augusta Frederica, fifth 
daughter of Bruce, Earl of Elgin, and wife of Arthur 
Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, a faithful 
servant of Oueen Victoria. 

The famous fathers of Methodism also rest here, 
John and Charles Wesley ; and on the tomb of John 
Wesley appears these hues : 

" The best of all is, God is with us. 
I look upon all the world as my parish. 
God buries his workmen, but carries on his work." 

A little monument of white marble stands here in 
honor of Dr. Isaac Watts. 

It seems to me appropriate and interesting to close 
this chapter with some account of this famous West- 
minster Abbey. It occupies the chapel built by 
Sebert, in honor of St. Peter, on a slightly elevated 
spot of marshy ground bordering the Thames. ^ A 
church of greater pretensions was erected by Kmg 
Edward, about 980 ; but this church being partly 
demolished by the Danes, Edward the Confessor 
founded within the precincts of his palace an Abbey 
and Church in the Norman style, which was com- 
pleted in 1065. The rebuilding of the church was 
commenced by Henry III. in 1220, and was practi- 
cally completed by Edward I., although improve- 
ments were added down to the time of Henry VII., 
while the two towers at the west end were erected 
by the great Sir Christopher Wren. 




Ill 



Jj torical 

to fa. 





. :>aw 




:\v the 


...• 


I : was 


^:, - - . 


- . which 


had known so many di 


1 victims; went 


into the cell whr- ^ - W 


i.a.».igh was confined 


for twelve year 






WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT. 



London and Paris. 41 



The old banqueting hall and council chamber, con- 
taining 65,000 stand of arms, and the very spot where 
Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard 
were beheaded, were the next sombre points of 
interest. Then I was led into a dismal room called 
the state prison, where we saw the inscriptions of 
various distinguished prisoners cut in the solid wall ; 
that of Lady Jane Grey, said to have been done by 
her own hand, being plainly visible. 

Last of all, we were permitted to see the room 
containing the crown-jewels of the empire, including 
those of Anne Boleyn and the Prince of Wales. We 
also saw the golden font used at the baptism of the 
Prince, together with the sword of state carried be- 
fore the Queen when she opens and closes Parlia- 
ment. 

In the South Kensington Museum I was especially 
attracted by a marble statue of a young girl thread- 
ing a needle, the statue being suggested by Mood's 
famous poem ; and under the statue was this inscrip- 
tion : 

" O God, that bread should be so dear 
And flesh and blood so cheap." 

Wishing to visit the Royal stables, I received, on 
application, the following card : 

** GRATIS. 

" Master of the Horses' Office, 
" Royal Mews, Pimlico. 
" Admit Joseph Smith and party of five to view the 
Queen's stables. 

" G. A. Maude, 

" Crown Equerry." 



43 ffo- 

ng step from the Queen's stables to 
; >rc I received the fo|. 

•* Palace or Wtsry instil 

"A * >ftcph SmtiU AixtX u&c ulhct {Krson to 

view t 
" A 
"I: ;>ayment be made 

t 



The card of admission to the House of Commons 
was very simple in form, only saying : 

"Admi! lo ihc Siranger** Gallery— House of Com- 
mon* 

" April 30, •77." 

But while it in form, the admisj^ion is 

ver>- hard to pi ,.ccially while the Connn <.!is 

is in session, as it was on the day of my visit 

Of course I went to Hyde Park and saw the A ;.- . i 
Memorial. The dedicator)' inscription just above 
the great arches runs as follow ^ 

c |>cvi-'lc I" Ihc Mctnory of 
\ of ihcir gratitude for a life 

devuUU lo ihc pul>iic ^ 

I took the underground railway to the I3ank of 
England to get a ten-pound note changed into gold 



London and Paris. 43 



sovereigns. The Bank of England, mind you, never 
reissues a note. Every bill passed over its counter 
into circulation is crisp and new, totally free from 
bacteria, bacilli, microbes, or any other disease germs. 
A London newspaper states that even if a customer 
should draw a check, receiving these new bills, and 
then decide that he preferred coin, the man in charge 
of this department would take the notes, tear a cor- 
ner from each and pass over the gold. The bills are 
then burned, without ceremony, and duplicates are 
issued. Some of American notes take on an alarm- 
ingly unhealthy look before they find their way to 
the furnace ; look as if they might conceal all the 
contagions of the valley of the Ganges; and we 
might do well to follow the example of the Bank of 
England in this respect. 

I went to Croydon to visit a friend whom I had 
met on the steamer, a Mr. McQueen, whose home 
was with a family named Campbell, Cairnsmore 
House, London Road, West Croydon. Mr. Mc- 
Queen being absent in Scotland, I expected to turn 
back and await another opportunity. But Mr. and 
Mrs. Joseph Campbell welcomed me very heartily 
and insisted that I should remain over night at their 
fine English home. Mr. Campbell and wife were 
both Scotch, and descended from the famous family 
of that name; Mr. Campbell himself a merchant 
prince. And they had never seen me before, only 
having heard of me through Mr. McQueen. But on 
their urgent solicitation I remained with them a day 
and a night, being entertained most royally by them, 
and then returning to London next day. Besides 



.co- 



ld Mrs. Campbell. 



V conMstcd of a 

fr of a 
d and 

< I 

( 

I kllts« with the auto- 

>. 1 8;;. I went to St Paul's 



11 I 

I 
1 

t f 

( •). 

the Kbhop of Kly. C i. 

St. Paul'* was bu.-v -■ • i... ,..>..,,.>.,-. ..; mc 
temple of Diana in the ycskt 6io: was burnt 964; 

'in the 

in laid 

1 .v»n pounds 

. ihc naval hero, 
I warriors lie the 

I - was mentioned 

^i*c«.iit;i ;..;i .liiUiiic ii-'jii ii. * "" *'• * "'" 

•n. 

" T went t " re the 

twenty • from 

iiltd by ticket, 

- that I was an 



London and Paris. 45 



American, favored me with permission to enter ; and 
I was so fortunate as to be stationed only about 
thirty yards from the flag-staff where the Queen's 
carriage stood from five to half-past seven. In her 
Majesty's coach were seated Princess Beatrice and 
Princess Christian, while the Duke of Cambridge, 
every inch a soldier, rode beside them on horseback. 
And the famous personal servant of Victoria, John 
Brown, was seated behind with a groom unknown 
to fame. The state band of one hundred pieces, 
mounted on gold-laced horses, furnished rare music. 

The Khedive of Egypt and the Shah of Persia 
had previously reviewed troops from this same park, 
which is one of the finest parade grounds in the world. 

In the Crystal Palace, which is ten miles from Lon- 
don, I saw some very fine statuary ; among the best 
figures being those of Lord Brougham, Wordsworth 
and Bunyan, and Dr. Jenner, who first introduced 
vaccination. We also spent the larger part of a day 
at Hampton Court Palace, about fifteen miles from 
the city. Cardinal Wolsey built this palace in 15 15 
and presented it to his royal master, Henry VIH. 
On leaving the place I asked a policeman who were 
the present occupants of the palace, and he replied : 
'' The aristocracy of England less favored with this 
world's goods than their brethren," 

As you enter the national gallery in Trafalgar 
Square, you are at once awe-struck with the beauti- 
ful pictures, among which are, TJie Raisijig of Laza- 
rus, Christ appearing to Peter, Cornelia and her 
Children, and The Entombment of our Lord, the last 
being an unfinished work by Michael Angelo. 



46 Kfrnitiiutntes 0/ Saratoga. 

I aflcrMard visited W Hall, built by 

Kin;7 Willrim H:ft:;; n ! one of theses- 

J, presided over 

. quite a treat for 

k upon judge and barristers in 

• ' •« -Mo think-'-'- 

cat couit 

r 
litd Navy Club utiord- 

the famous Disraeli 

..!> T' Afiing Street, 

(- of nations 

.'.\A. It was 

itcnman bc- 

• n. 

:i)cn in 

J entitled to 

i. , re kindness 

to stran(;ers than the pohcc of London, of whom 
there arc lo.ooo. as fine a body "^ "^"^ •>- "^'- »« »"• 
seen anywhere in the world. 

On thec-L • ■ ' ' V '- "*- l iw.i m .1 s:i..i.. <ju.irc: 

stands the 1 by Sir Christopher 

^tclhcrt: of the 

This : vmcfl 



Cleopatra s Needle was, at the time 1 was in Eng- 
land, the observed of all observers in the Capital of 
the Empire. This modest wonder is one of the six 



li. 
th- \ 








it 


was 


my 


1 


sxuA: 


ff,.: 


■n fl. 


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at A 








at th 








canu 








In 









London and Paris. 47 



gigantic obelisks which more than 3000 years ago 
stood in pairs before the entrance of the grand 
Temple of the Sun, at the city of On, in ancient 
Egypt. Only one of the six now remains in its 
original place as a solitary memorial of the cloud- 
capped towers and gorgeous palaces of the Pharaohs, 
the beautiful Queen Cleopatra, and all their departed 
splendors. 

I went to City Temple, Dr. Parker's well-known 
church, accompanied by an English lady friend. As 
we entered, the usher politely bowed her to a pew, 
which could not have been more unfavorably located 
for hearing or seeing the noted preacher. After we 
were seated, however, I beckoned an usher to me, 
and requested another seat, adding that I was a 
stranger and an American. " Oh, Sir," he exclaimed, 
" we have reserved seats here for Americans ! " 
Whereupon, he conducted us to a fine seat. And 
everywhere I went, I found myself, when recognized 
as an American, the object of the most kindly and 
respectful treatment. I also heard the Rev. Newman 
Hall preach a very able sermon in his chapel over 
on the Surrey side. The reader will remember that 
the Lincoln Tower of Emancipation is a part of Dr. 
Hall's chapel, built at a cost of 7000 pounds sterling, 
and largely by subscriptions from America. Twice 
I heard the great Spurgeon. When his earthl}^ re- 
mains were laid to rest, and the granite block had 
been reared, bearing the simple inscription, Charles 
H. Spurgeon, the widow was asked if she would 
add anything more. And she replied, with simple, 
beautiful pathos; " One word more, ' Waiting.' " 



48 /»/ Saratoga. 



"-ii 

• HI 23. '77, 



lion at the time 



follows : 

"Mil. F 

Til 

« • ••••■- -y 

a f our Minister. General 

• • I 

the Lord 

it and him- 

sell a visit to the tjuecn at \Vmd>or the next day. 

A'li? <.tt mir (»rni»l rr-nn- vi •• ? .• i\ i- ^\\i\ ■ " Mr Sjnitll. 



London and Paris. 49 



we can talk this matter of business in our carriage." 
And so, leaving my umbrella in his private office, we 
went out through the long hall, and found his mag- 
nificent carriage, with driver and footman in waiting 
at the door. We sat together on the rear seat. The 
whole conversation both going and returning to the 
Legation had reference to the banquet which he and 
Mrs. Pierpont had given in honor of General and 
Mrs. Grant at their residence in Cavendish Square. 
He seemed very much pleased that the Prince of 
Wales honored the occasion by his presence ; and he 
told me just what guests were present and how they 
were seated at the banquet. Mrs. Grant and Mrs. 
Pierpont were the only ladies present. The hostess 
sat on the left of the Prince of Wales, Gen. Grant 
sitting on the right of his Royal Highness. Mrs. 
Grant who sat vis-a-vis to the Prince, had on her 
right the Duke of Richmond, and on her left the 
American Minister. There were in all thirty-two 
covers. 

After he had transacted his business with the 
Lord Chamberlain, we rode back to the Legation 
together, and Mr. Pierpont sat down and read my 
letter of introduction, and wrote with a quill pen 
this endorsement : 

" Legation of the United States, 
" No. 5, Westminster Chambers. 

" I know the Hon. Hamilton Harris, the writer of the 
foregoing letter quite well ; and v/hatever he says is 
entitled to the highest confidence." 

General Grant's reception by London and all the 
English public is known to all my readers ; but the 



General Gran 



** I Wa» l.f.i'.n'Kl titi i Miltiirr n.i! • 

never 

»; OD. I 

I I Jll) li.iiri>;c(i tot the 

In the name of roy 

coMHU) .uu! of fn)»cll 1 iJunh yoU.** 



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General. I' 




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invited mc 




:it was 


seated. .in«J ■.'..;':- :.,.,,,., ,;i<- ■. 






Ilavintj a letter of intrtxluction • 




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\j the 


1 
t 




where 


note addres<»ed to her at the Opera 


Houm; would 


reach her; and I ace ' ' toic her at once, and 


received before e%'ei ,'h my 


letter was not 


mailed until c!. follow 


ing 


card and 


message: 







London and Paris. 5^ 



" Mr. Joseph Smith, 5 Gillingham St., Timlico, S. W. 
" Mademoiselle Emma Albanl 
" I am always at home from four to six, when not sing- 
ing. Shall be pleased to see you." 
Enclosed with the card was a ticket which entitled 
me to a guinea seat— $5.25— stall No. 7; and at the 
bottom of the pass it said: "Evening dress indis- 
pensable." 

That last condition left me in a quandary ; for I 
was not the fortunate possessor of a full-dress suit. 
Being informed, however, that I could hire one for 
the occasion, I went to the designated place on a 
Friday, the concert coming on Saturday evening, 
and by depositing the full value thereof, I secured 
an entire outfit, including a lovely pair of ivory- 
covered opera glasses. How I went to the opera in 
the pouring rain the next evening, arrayed in some- 
body else's clothes ; how the cabman left me at the 
wrong door, where I deposited and had to recover 
hat, umbrella and overcoat; how the attendants 
healed all my discomfort by assuring me that my 
ticket entitled me to one of the best seats in the 
house,— all this would be of little interest to my 
readers. But they will pardon the expression of my 
pleasure at having a seat directly opposite the Royal 
box, and the consciousness I had that the Prima 
Donna, in the midst of her splendid rendering of 
Rigoletto, gave a look of recognition to the occupant 
of Stall No. 7. 

And I will add, further, that the extent and brill- 
iancy of the crowd on that evening was a graceful 



<♦/ Saratoga. 

tUt and a fno>t 



lint!. 



.t 

t t hour 

t !ial in- 

\ 

.1 



t c Grand Upcra 

..- ^. or the splendid 

Dame as married to 

I. ,. '-:iic. And .i.;;5Mi— ;. i rcni.iKicd but a few days 
in Paris, I saw the Arch of Triumph {Arc (U 









^ . 


F ^ J^aSM 


u ^^1a 




'■^^i^s»r^ ^s 







VICTOR HUGO. 



London and Paris, 



53 



Triomphc) built by Napoleon to commemorate his 
battles. 

But greater to me than the historical Paris was 
the living Paris, as represented by a Victor Hugo. 
For he not only makes the dead, historical Paris live 
again in his great works ; but he prophesies, and 
begins to feel and see, the better and greater Paris 
and the nobler France, which is destined to be. 







-.•:^<S^ 



CIIAITER IV. 

TIIK STORV OF FOUR SEASONS AT TIIE STATFS. 

\ mv frt urt> to Amrrica and %t% vnv h< 



D 



c four •• 



oi that year. Kc- 

I S-M I T< turnctJ to 

In 

^*iih the 

- as one of 



?*» dwfy 5ift«r my journey 



from travel 

f»,r K ,.s 



Noarsfi'.cs ' 'I rvci y 
men and things. Ti 
br • s and q: 

c: ■ •(. 

Be uiiiit. 
tunity. for • 



that has come to m*- 

• A ;'h tlw world. I 

Vry to avail 

t . ti.ivtl. studying; 

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mind and is an 

: for this 



The Story of Four Seasons at the States. 5 5 

peoples will enlarge your knowledge of language, 
history, and geography, as the text-books cannot 
do. It will more than compensate you for all the 
sacrifice. 

The original United States Hotel was built in 
1824; was destroyed by fire June 18, 1865; the 
present structure being completed in 1874. 

The proprietors of the house at the time I began 
were Messrs. Tompkins, Gage, Perry, and Janvrin. 
The latter was forced to withdraw from the firm on 
account of impaired health, some years ago. Born 
in Germany, he had nevertheless become a genuine 
American, and nothing but the highest praise can 
be bestowed upon him in connection with the States, 
contributing as he so largely did to the success of 
this delightful house. And I can say with all sincer- 
ity that Louis H. Janvrin was honor and probity 
itself. The three remaining proprietors were Mr. 
Hiram Tompkins, Mr. William B. Gage, and Dr. 
John L. Perry. I must say here, and I most cheer- 
fully do so, that I would classify these well-known 
proprietors as perfect gentlemen, with all that can 
be impHed in that phrase. And all I can further 
say or suggest is, that this immense and elegant 
hotel, under their able and successful management, 
has steadily gained in favor, and become known as 
the most genuinely aristocratic summer resort in this 
country, or, for that matter, in all the social world. 
Hon. James M. Marvin is one of the owners of the 
hotel property, and although he is quite advanced in 
years he is full of the agility of youth and straight 
as a candle. 



nd he conducts 

a . 1 .. !•- 

tc 
h: 

it. 

C' oi Any house in which he tiuy 

\y 

of • 
at. 

C' 

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a; 

n 

ft CS. 

i 

M 

A- 
1 



II 
\» 

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ki..... ^ ; 

pleasure. And 

Ic. 

br 
G 
th 
tokens are Death ^i 

ri.fnc with • ai)t t'j t! 



.Mt.irt \v:f}> 



The Story of Four Seasons at the States. 57 

and not come with the buds and blossoms. But 
there is a flower Death cannot reach : 

" Say ye, then, Earth's flowers shall fade, 
We shall tell ye nay ; 
Love, the first of all flowers made, 
Lives from May to May." 

Yes, and when faith speaks as well as love, we can 
stand up in the Valley of the Shadow and almost sing : 

" Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, 
Death came with friendly care. 
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed, 
And bade it blossom there." 

How sweet the Providence which soon afterward 
gave to the stricken home, in place of dear Rhoby, 
James Marvin Gage. 

If there is one thing to keep my memory green in 
the hearts of my friends when I am gone, let it be my 
love for little children. 

Mr. Tompkins is the active partner, and has always 
done everything that could possibly be done to make 
this house a palace, sans souci, for the saunterer, 
which means almost everything. Yet so quietly is 
the machinery worked, so well-discipHned are the em- 
ployees, that no one would suspect that the faintly- 
heard whirr is the coherent whisper which tells Mr. 
Tompkins the exact state of affairs, 

I must quote here a tribute from the best author- 
ity. One day while Ex-Mayor Wm. R. Grace, Jay 
Gould, and Mr. Martin were sitting on the hotel 
piazza, Mr. Grace expressed the sentiment that one 



s« 



!. 



» 



^ ir< !n uic C'lrcjM.r.ccrc" 



Mr VjntrfVi!! ).i\ a T^r^r fjt»wT» i if!^ » ilh Mm 



par 

a m. 

cvcntK 

** TV »-i htvf Kill l>i«« ««t 



The Story of Four Seasons at the States. 59 

years, who is said to make a good season of it, in serv- 
ing this table-party ; not better, however, than the waiters 
of several other very rich men who summer here. The 
States keeps its employees of proved standing a long 
time, and the house acquires therefrom a yesterday-to- 
day-and-forever air very refreshing in a summer hotel 
where transientness is the usual law. 

" Mr. Joseph Smith, the popular main usher in the 
great front corridor, an Albany man, is in his first season 
here, but was for many summers at the Clarendon, and 
knows the faces both of the beau-monde and demi-monde 
so well that he is invaluable for letting the right persons 
in and keeping the wrong persons out on all festive oc- 
casions, and for doing his part with such tact and cour- 
tesy that he never seems rude or supercilious." 

I venture the assertion, speaking now on my own 
authority, that no conspicuous person of our time 
was less understood by the mass of people, and es- 
pecially by the mass of intelligent observers, than 
Mr. William H. Vanderbilt. Only those who knew 
him intimately understood him, and they without 
an exception admired, honored, and respected him. 

Mr. Vanderbilt was not a Peabody philanthropist. 
He disliked ostentation of every sort, making no 
attempt to win the applause of the populace by giv- 
ing money right and left, and having his good deeds 
flaunted in the public prints. 

It is well known, in the inner circles, that his gifts 
to institutions, charitable organizations, unfortun- 
ate persons, solicitous friends and associates, have 
amounted to many millions. 

In domestic life Mr. Vanderbilt was amiable and 



6o Rfr 


/rtf/<^^. 


considerate 


. thou(;h not so 


K " 




a^ 


i 


1) 




li 




moihcT." 




Mr*. Vandcrb''» •'< <■ 


rffliM'l- 1 v-f" 


woman ; and U 




u 




H 




5 





!I \'.ini!crbnt Is .1 \\"!r..^ti uho l>v 



All her tx 



l> i as she 

C ...;.:-.. r hrvirf 

when she hears of tl 

they do not go uiur.icvcd u in 

woman hears of their case. 

The 
they a 
them, 
Mr. V 
and George. 

Miss Louisa Kissarr ? 



-t of 

f 



The Story of Four Seasons at the States. 6i 



Vanderbilt, and Miss Lydia Sill were bosom friends 
when girls, and attended the Albany Female Acad- 
emy, with Alonzo Crittenden as principal. Miss 
Kissam was among the first pupils in attendance to 
enter the new academy. She was the daughter of a 
Dutch Reformed clergyman ; and she and Miss Sill 
boarded at the house of Dr. H. G. Wynkoop on 
Orange street. Dr. Wynkoop kept an apothecary 
shop on Broadway, and had as an all-round helper a 
young colored boy commonly known as Tommy, who 
being lodged with the family of course attracted the 
friendship of the guests. He had part in all their 
amusements, and was a great favorite with all the 
patrons of the Doctor. 

" Tommy " is none other than our well-known 
townsman Thomas Elkins, and is Hving in Albany 
at the advanced age of seventy-five years, but hale 
and hearty. At his house, almost within a stone's 
throw of Dr. Wynkoop's old stand, he counts among 
his possessions an elegant embroidered cloth vest, 
worn at the coronation of Queen Victoria by Mr. 
Angelo Ames of Albany, by whom it was presented 
to the Tommy of long ago. 

The year of 1885 was saddened at the States, stand- 
ing as it does under the shadow of Mount McGregor, 
by the death of General Grant. And this sadness 
was increased for us by the coming and going of 
many who were close to the old hero in public life, 
and who stopped at the house on their way to visit 
him when he was sick or to bear him away when the 
long battle was ended. 

And the event so momentous to the nation recalls 



i! •( another whicli exprctt the lentiincnt 

ui 

•• Whrn in the f*ale mo«hef*« anu in 

! 

I 
I 
t 



Whrn 



ity vanu a friend 

I )i'^n'*«*ly hr1{<rv<r that th^ Uninn i'« «n dear to 

i there 
\Vc«t : 

but t: :idid loyalty 




CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. 



The Story of Four Seasons at the States. 63 

Writing from the States in the season of 1886, 
Miss Emma Janes says : 

" Mrs. Lispenard Stewart is still at the States. Her 
son, so pleasantly remembered at Saratoga, has been 
summering in the Yellowstone Park. A few among others 
best known in society are : Mrs. Austin G. Sands, of 
Newport ; Judge Embry, a prominent member of the 
Washington bar ; Mr. Joseph W. Harper, Jr., of Harper 
Brothers ; Mr. George Bliss and family ; Dr. and Mrs. 
Morgan A. Dix ; the Misses Rhinelander and the Misses 
Chisholm ; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Schoenberger, Judge 
Bockes, Mr. John R. Keene of Baltimore, and Mrs. Will- 
iam Latimer of Savannah ; Mrs. Augustus Kountz, Mr. 
and Mrs. Rufus King, of Cincinnati ; Mr. and Mrs. Ryan 
from Charleston, S. C, and Miss Carrie Ryan." 

The name of John Morrissey is not popular with 
all classes of people ; but what a famous name it is, 
after all, when you come to think of it. It is familiar 
to many to whom the name of Dickens would be 
unknown ; and by the way, how the great novelist 
would have gloried in finding such a character. Un- 
der some fictitious name, this rough-and-tumble hero 
of the slums might have become as immortal as a 
Barnaby Rudge or the Barkis who was willin'. 

And in his way, this Morrissey was really a genius ; 
and out of this Galilee of crime and vice some good 
has surely come. A rugged, manly character, he 
was wont to exclaim : " Yes, I am a gambler and a 
prize-fighter ; but no man can say that I ever turned 
a dishonest card or struck a foul blow." 

His wife was a beautiful woman with great spark- 



itratoga. 



iinf; I form, ai 

ncr. ; -'f tli'- 

the t 



Juhn ■ 

I c \t a11«Hln« to !hf Ifon. Chester A. 

A ■ 

.1 ,. . ;y 

great f him because it 

i« fill. ,. ;. — and a |>'' ■- ■"• 

reference be m of his .i 

tration al iIjc \\ n;:c ii.>ijsc, \w>uh has »o rcccnii)' 
CDmc to .1 I l.>sr. 



them together. i 

ten, was ^ - » nty 

went ever .:ave a 

l^>ti) Ificvi unacihaliiy lu tu<tkc cvcryuiic <:fij«>. 

selves. 

Mrs. McElroy is .1 

spcarc's words, she h..w .^ 

and she readily achieved by the c 

tact, taste, ani! ' ' ,,i lu r womanly n it : . 

We in Albany vcr\' proud of Mrs. Mr 
F-lroy. Think th a desire and love 

for domesticity : .. from the quiet and 



TJie Story of Four Seasons at the States. 65 



seclusion of her modest home to preside over the 
social government of the greatest power on earth. 
Think of a quiet little home body becoming the first 
lady of the land in an hour, and presiding over the 
most elegant administration, socially, this country 
has known, with such delicate dignity and charm 
that the wearers of the purple, the nobles of foreign 
courts, the ministers and the legations paid her def- 
erential homage, and the country gloried in this 
woman of the people, this unfashionable lady, who 
understands the true significance of noblesse oblige. 

President Arthur was deeply moved when, on one 
of Patti's professional visits, she sang " Robin Adair " 
in Washington. The President's late wife was an 
amateur vocalist of rare sweetness and power. 
" Robin Adair " was one of her favorite songs and 
she sang it with a pathos not to be surpassed. It is 
therefore not to be wondered at that Patti made a 
deeper impression on the President than she was 
aware of. 

In this connection it is interesting to note that 
during Jenny Lind's first visit, and the night before 
she reached America, the sky was gorgeous with 
the Northern Lights. Jenny Lind had retired but 
friends thought the sight too beautiful for her to 
miss, so sent for her. She soon appeared with a 
long mantle thrown around her. When she reached 
the deck and saw the wondrous beauty of the heav- 
ens, she fell on her knees and sang in her matchless, 
angelic voice, " I Know that My Redeemer Liveth," 
Every hat was lifted and every knee was bent in 
homage to the God she adored. Passengers who 



66 tratagtt, 

were prc«cnt \\ .iny concerts to 

cr ' ' ' r, they tie- 

c ; wilh such 

• hi at >ca. u:;vicr ihc ;^urlit canopy 



from London came thb 



the l-a«i) i ihcc 

round." < ' '• c find 

this tribute to the first lady of the land : 



** Mr». ClereUnd, by her beauty and grace of bear 

ing. by her • ' -- * - ■ • ' - ■- ' • 

brief year « 

II • •• 

I' 

lacc. " 

And then latct >tiii, anu ^wcctct i:^ ;; tribute. 



The Story of Four Seasons at the States. 6y 

comes this sentiment from the summer home of the 
Clevelands : 

" Nearer and nearer do Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland seem 
to grow to each other. Somehow the villagers know 
about it. Mothers draw their little ones to their breasts 
as she passes and whisper a prayer. They see the soft 
radiant smile that shines from her fair face ; they notice 
the fluttering of her lips, and now and then the dew in 
her eyes. They are quick and they know, these Cape 
Cod women. That is because they are women, and they 
know more in a single glance than men can learn in all 
their lives. So, when the shadows lengthen and the 
nightly prayers are said, the devout villagers have a 
little whispered sentence for her. The pines breathe it 
in each other's ears. The restless waves gurgle and 
laugh over the secret. The birds chatter about it ; and 
the days move slowly by." 

In 1887, Christian Science acquired and retained 
so large a share of attention that other subjects 
might very well have been jealous of it. Indeed, it 
was all the rage at the States ; and a worthy repre- 
sentative of the doctrine was able to gather a large 
and select audience for a lecture in the ball-room. 
The speaker and her theme did justice to the occa- 
sion. 

" Mankind needs something to lean upon," said 
the speaker. " Religion supplies that want ; and a 
perfect understanding of true religion means physi- 
cal healthfulness. Every desire of the heart is legit- 
imate, and stands for something good. This doctrine 
of helpfulness is what Christian Science inculcates," 
she went on to say. " Christian Science teaches the 



68 of Siirtitos^. 



No chain is 
•ovcrnmcni 



'-■ by the Na/arcnc 

\", <- w-..- .- JH not a »y 



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t' 

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CHAPTER V. 

TWO DELIGHTFUL SEASONS AT THE STATES. 

THE immortal Shakespeare, in describing the 
earthquake, attributes it to the imprisoning 
of the unruly wind which 

" Shakes the old beldame earth and topples down 
Steeples and moss-grown towers." 

It is not often that the new world experiences 
these throes of Nature. Like the moss-grown towers, 
they belong to the ancient seats of power, only cross- 
ing the Atlantic to lose themselves in harmless tremors 
among the mountains of the torrid zone. 

But in 1887, the whole of our country, from Maine 
to California, and from the harbor of New York to 
that of Galveston, was stirred with sympathy for the 
stricken city of Charleston, which was shaken as 
violently and disastrously as if it had been over one 
of the vent-holes of the equatorial region. And 
this sympathy found immediate expression at the 
United States Hotel, not only because of the broad 
philanthropic nature of its guests, but because many 
of them had friends in the unfortunate city, while 
69 



70 tratoga. 



some, like myscli 

A. ■ • 

t!. 
i: 


!>irlh place. 


A 






'..f n..' ..n!vronlriL>uicJ 
-icncd hi% 


ytin i.iM.\ 


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U ..,,. th .. ! . 


onc», u»c n 




If 
1. 


Ihc »ui»i u aul »o 


t 

(1 J in mv met 


non- wreathed with rotes 



When \vc rrcn!I '^rirh vrntimrnts. nccomp^nicd by 

S' ■ 

V - • >■■■ 

Kdwin Bi>->;h w.i* nut «imK \ i-mt it!..: _. .. 

j:rcat m.»n. American 

St >■'• - • • " • •• 

ifciiuiii 3iit iio^ t»t"i> i(.'.i%(jii to i»c itruuu lor ».. 



Two Delightful Seasons at the States. 71 



If Booth was great as Hamlet, he was equally great as 
Edwin Booth. Like his own Othello, he was ' great of 
heart.' " 

The season of 1888 brings back into memory with 
its fleeting pictures scenes of lighter shade ; for com- 
edy as well as tragedy was represented at Saratoga. 
Jerome, Sothern, and Florence ! What a trio of 
jokers ! What a triumvirate of fun ! Florence was 
sometimes a joker more practical than considerate. 
After he came to know the Duke of Beaufort, the 
two were soon bosom friends. One day at the Gil- 
sey House Florence told the Duke, with apparent 
solicitude, that he was not looking well. " You need 
violent exercise," he added. " I was troubled as you 
are; and, as a remedy, I habitually removed my 
outer clothing, seized a heavy chair, raised it above 
my head and ran to and fro in my room hundreds 
of times, raising and lowering the chair as I ran. It 
had a marvellous effect. Try it ! " 

The result was that the comedian finally persuaded 
the Duke to make the experiment ; and it was con- 
trived, too, that the ridiculous bit of calisthenics was 
to be tried on the very day when the Duke was to 
receive prominent visitors. And just when the noble 
victim was in the heat of his mad chase with the 
chair, he took the eminent visitors quietly up to the 
room, and through the key-hole showed them an 
apparent maniac in the person of their friend. Of 
course they went about one to another, echoing the 
lamentation of Florence : " It 's very sad about his 
Grace, the Duke ! " And a few days afterward, pur- 
suing his joke with almost heartless humor, Florence 



72 Ri'ininiscciucs of Saratoga. 



planned to confirm the impression of the Duk-e'.s in- 
sanity by hiding all his clothes and then crying, 
" Fire ! " into his room, thus giving his Grace such a 
fright that he rushed into the hotel office arrayed 
only in his night-dress and slippers, and crowned 
with the further incongruity of a plug hat ! 

An interesting event took place in the City of 
London during the year 1888, of which I am writ- 
ing. I refer to the Milton Memorial window pre- 
sented to St. Margaret's church by Mr. Childs in 
honor of the great Puritan poet who wrote Paradise 
Lost and Paradise Regained. 

Archdeacon Farrar said, among other things : 

" Once more we are indebted to an American citizen 
for the beautiful Milton window which was yesterday un- 
veiled. The well-counselled munificence of Mr. Childs, 
who has already enriched Stratford-on-Avon with a me- 
morial of Shakespeare, and Westminster Abbey with the 
window in memory of Herbert and Cowper, has now 
erected this abiding memorial to the great Puritan poet. 
Myself the debtor to American friends for great kind- 
ness, I cannot but rejoice that the church of St. Margaret 
should furnish yet one more illustration of those bonds 
of common blood and tradition and language and affec- 
tion, which unite England to the great Republic of the 
West. And I am glad that the public spirit of the church 
wardens has assigned from henceforth the use of one pew 
in this church to our friends and visitors from tlie other 
side of the Atlantic." 

At the base of the window is this inscription : 

" 'I'his window is dedicated to the glory of dod, in 
memory of John Millon by George W. Childs." 



Tivo Delightful Seasons at the States. 73 

Also occupying a similar space and position is the 
verse specially written for the occasion by the 
American poet Whittier : 

" The new world honors him whose lofty plea 
For England's freedom made her own more sure ; 
Whose song, immortal as its theme, shall be 
Their common freehold while both worlds endure." 

This famous man, George W. Childs, whose com- 
ing to Saratoga made the Queen of Spas more 
famous, was a frequent guest at the States together 
with Mrs. Childs, one of the loveliest of Philadelphia 
ladies. 

There are few people at this resort who attract 
more notice than John Graham, the once famous 
criminal lawyer. Every stranger asks at once who 
he is. His peculiar dress, his short, rotund figure, 
his reserved air mark him at once as a character out 
of the ordinary. His round, red face is so smooth- 
shaven as to suggest the professional actor. His 
large hawk's-beak nose is indicative of force of 
character and executive ability. His keen, blue 
eyes, deeply set, are indicative of reserve and keen 
observation. His thick, curly hair is so luxuriant 
as to suggest a wig. Upon his head he jams down 
a youth's white Derby hat, trimmed with a wide 
mourning band. His eccentric head is set upon a 
stout thick neck, encircled by one of the largest 
of white rolling collars. His blue, tightly buttoned 
sack coat is trimmed with silk braid nearly two 
inches wide. His squarely cut-off patent-leather 
shoes, with light tops, in their peculiar shape mark 



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"Lawyers may be classified, like other people, as 
good, bad, and indifferent. As a rule, they are much 
better than the majority of people believe them to be ; 
and considering the vast interests that are so frequently 
committed to their care and control, it is rather surpris- 
ing than otherwise that so few of them go wrong. Much 
of'' the popular prejudice against them grows out of 
jokes at their expense and newspaper flings and witti- 
cisms. For instance, it is related as a historical fact 
that on one occasion an opulent farmer appUed to an 
attorney to commence a suit for him, but was told by 
the attorney that he could not undertake the case as he 
l)eld a retainer from the other side. He, however, told 
old Hayseed that he would give him a letter of recom- 
mendation to a lawyer friend, which he did. The 
farmer, out of curiosity, opened the letter, and was 
surprised at the contents, which read as follows : 
" ' Here are two fat wethers fallen out together ; 
If you fleece one, I 'U fleece the other 
And make 'em agree like brother and brother.' " 

This letter settled their difference at once, and also 
settled the lawyers in the opinion of their clients. 

It must have been this story that the celebrated 
animal artist had in mind when he painted the fa- 
mous picture of a lawsuit, which represented the 
cause of action as a cow : the plaintiff held her firmly 
bv the horns: the defendant, with all his might, 
pulled her back by the tail; and the two lawyers 
sat on their stools milking away as fast as possible. 
Or it may be he had in mind the followmg hues : 
" The lawyers such a profit make 
As olden stories tell, 



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Dr. Chaiinccy M. Depew said of Mrs. Waddell a 
short time ago : 

" She was a society leader in a much broader and 
fuller sense than we understand it now. She was un- 
doubtedly the first New York lady who ever had a salon, 
and it is unfortunate for the city that she has had so few 
successors. Her guests in those far-away days belong 
now, for the most part, to history. Among them can be 
counted Daniel Webster and Henry Clay ; Washington 
Irving, William M. Thackeray, John P. Kennedy, James 
K. Paulding, Charles O'Connor, Pierre Soule, Judah P. 
lienjamin, and many others equally famous in politics, 
in law, in literature, in war and in art. These men were 
not only her guests ; they were her intimate friends. 
Then came the fashionable throng of the Astors, the 
Rhinelanders, the Minturns, the Schermerhorns, and 
hundreds of others, fashionable to-day, but then fighting 
their way into the 'charmed circle.' The hard times of 
1S57 shattered it all, Mr. Waddell's fortune going with 
the rest." 

To meet Mrs. Coventry Waddell in 1889 was there- 
fore to witness the union of the past and present; 
the mingling of the old wine of enjoyment with the 
new wine of experience. 

Iler maiden name was Southwick, and her girl- 
hood days were spent in New Baltimore, her step- 
father being the late Dominie Van Santvoort, of that 
town. When she married Coventry Waddell she 
was one of the most beautiful and brilliant women 
of America. Her husband was prominent in poli- 
tics, and held the lucrative oflfice of Marshal of the 
Southern District of New York, under the Van 



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about 5 o'clock and taking a dash of an hour or so. So 
attractive is she in beauty, style and manner, as well as 
in her horsemanship, that every afternoon a little crowd 
of ladies and gentlemen gathers about the northern piazza 
of the United States Hotel, to see Miss Morosini mount 
her beautiful Kentucky thoroughbred and start off on her 
afternoon ride. Promptly at 4.45 the groom appears, 
riding a handsome but rather heavy bay, while Miss 
Morosini's choice of her six fine horses that have been 
sent here follows behind in charge of another groom. 
In a moment Mr. Morosini, whose shock of curly gray 
hair and gray imperial and moustache and whose military 
bearing would attract attention anywhere, appears, radiant 
with smiles, leading his lithe and supple daughter by the 
hand. She is clad in a tight-fitting, modest English riding 
costume of the latest London style of solid dark blue. Her 
finely-cut features, aquiline nose and sparkling eyes are 
partly concealed by a thin veil. In her hand she carries 
a gold-headed riding whip. At her approach the noble 
animal bows his head and swings it toward her with a 
])leasant nod of recognition, and comes nearer the walk 
as if to invite her to a seat. With a gentle, easy motion 
she springs into her saddle with grace and dignity, and 
in a moment the horse is off at a gentle canter, as if 
proud of its precious burden. It is a beautiful sight. 
The young lady petite and pretty ; balanced with such 
skill and ease upon her perch ; the horse with arched 
neck and prancing feet, moving swiftly around makmg 
a perfect picture of beauty in motion. No wonder Air. 
Morosini stands till the vision fades, drinking in the 
pleasant sight ! No wonder the little crowd almost 
applauds the pleasure ! " 

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me that he would not mention it to Mr. Gould, and 
he did not. I meant to use very effective meas- 
ures for the protection of the Gould party, if neces- 
sary, and I do not think that I was mistaken when I 
guarded against the sudden assaults of cranks on the 
lives of our wealthy citizens who were guests at our 
hostelry. 

Chancellor Henry R. Pierson, a prominent figure 
in any gathering or any assembly, was often with us 
at the Spa, bringing with him, in 1889, his beautiful 
bride, and always attracted the honors he so well 
deserved. He was singularly gracious and noble in 
his personal appearance, and being as gracious and 
lovable in spirit as in outward manners, he embodied 
a most rare and amiable personality. A man of so 
many functions and capacities he was, that I might 
speak of him as banker, politician, or lawyer. But 
he stands to my remembrance as he does to history 
as the Chancellor of the State University ; and that 
office being the measure of his ambition and the 
object of his just pride, he deserves to occupy that 
place in the memory of the generations. And he 
looked the Chancellor, a large and well-proportioned 
frame constituting a fit abode for his splendid mind 
and his gentlemanly spirit. 

Col. Walter S. Church, an old Albanian, and fel- 
low townsman of the writer, usually came to Sara- 
toga for a few days about every year, and stopped 
at the United States. In 1889, the year before he 
went to his rest, he was there as usual, and I had a 
pleasant chat with him ; he did not appear to be at 
all well. I made his acquaintance in 1853. 



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where the fatal duel between Hamilton and Burr took 
place, exchanged shots, in which a button from Mr. 
Church's vest was cut off by a bullet from Burr's pis- 
tol, after which the difficulty was amicably adjusted. 

" Alexander Hamilton married Catharine, the young- 
est daughter of General Schuyler, so that he and John 
B. Church became brothers-in-law. Colonel Church was 
a great grandson of General Philip Schuyler and a grand. 
ne[)hew of Hamilton. Colonel Church's mother was a 
daughter of Commodore Walter Stewart, of Philadelphia, 
from w^hom he received his Christian name. 

" He prepared for college at Oxford Academy, one of 
the most famous schools in the State. He entered Ho- 
bart College at Geneva, from whence he was graduated 
Avith respectable class standing. Among his fellow- 
students at Geneva was Governor Horatio Seymour. 
Here a friendship was formed at that ardent and sunny 
period of life, which endured until death removed the 
illustrious Seymour from the scenes of earth. There 
was much in this relation between Church and Seymour 
that evinced all that is beautiful, high, and honorable in 
friendship. 

" Colonel Church was never married, though he has for 
many years been at the head of a refined and hospitable 
home, where he entertained large numbers of his friends 
in a graceful, elegant manner. Among his guests were 
judges of the highest courts of the State, statesmen, 
legislators, men of literary eminence and distinguished 
civilians. Those who have met Colonel Church at his 
home or in other social circles will remember the attrac- 
tion of his manners and conversation, for there the 
asperities of his nature were never manifested. 

" Colonel Church was an intimate and confidential 
friend of Roscoe Conkling, though he differed from the 



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S. Batcheller, Mrs. Daniel S. Lathrop, Mrs. Isaac N. 
Phelps, Mrs. Col. George P. Lawton, Miss Aimee G. 
Lathrop, Miss Kate Batcheller, Mrs. William B. Gage, 
Miss Lucy Gage, Miss Anne Dillon, Miss Louise 
Cleveland Sheppard. 

From the Daily Saratogian of Aug. 27, 1888, I 
quote, with grateful acknowledgment, the following 
flattering notice of the lecture . 

" Quite a select audience, among whom were Col. and 
Mrs. Lawton, Mrs. C. H. Washburne, Miss Lincoln, Dr. 
and Mrs. Handy and Miss Handy, Miss Nolan, Mr. and 
Miss Quinn, gathered in Grand Army Hall last night, to 
hear Usher Joseph Smith of the United States Hotel dis- 
course on the subject, ' The Genius and Heroism of Fa- 
mous Women.' Mr. Smith showed himself to be an ar- 
dent admirer of the fair sex. In fact he expressed it as 
Ids firm persuasion that woman is the ' grandest of God's 
grand works.' He delineated the character of many 
illustrious women of both ancient and modern times, 
and proved conclusively that in nobleness woman is cap- 
able even of excelling her natural lord and master. The 
lecture was interspersed with timely anecdotes and quo- 
tations, and was altogether interesting and instructive." 

The lecture in 1889 was entitled "Across the 
Threshold," and was delivered to ?. very select audi- 
ence in the Putnam Music Hall. And we quote, 
with our appreciative acknowledgments, the follow- 
ing newspaper comment on the lecture : 

" A small though thoroughly appreciative audience as- 
sembled in the Putnam Music Hall last evening to listen 
to a lecture on the subject, ' Across the Threshold,' by 



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world knows something of that distinguished ofTic 
of the American Navy, John Adolf Dahlgren. Hav- 
ing served in Brazil and in the Mediterranean squad- 
ron, and having shown his genius by the invention 
of a rifled cannon, the opening of the War of the 
Rebellion found him, at the conclusion of a long and 
brilliant apprenticeship, ready to serve his country 
with ripened skill. He was at that time in com- 
mand of the Washington Navy-Yard. In 1862 he 
was made Chief of Ordnance, rising the next year 
to the position of rear-admiral, and commanding, sub- 
sequently, first the South Atlantic, then the South 
Pacific squadron, and finally, in 1869, taking command 
of the Washington Navy- Yard again, where he died 
in 1870, honored of all his countrymen. The son 
of this soldier of the sea, John Vinton Dahlgren, 
came to the States just after he had fought and won 
the great battle of peace ; and the beautiful trophy 
he brought with him as bride was Miss Elizabeth 
Drexcl, daughter of the famous millionaire, Joseph 
W. Drexel, Esq., of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. 
Dahlgren remained all summer at the States. 
Among the wedding presents received by the bride 
was one which wealth alone could not command, 
namely, the ring with which Martin Luther be- 
trothed Catherine Von ]?ora, a curious silver ring 
with a ruby, which has been in the Drexel family 
since 1825. 

I could not close this chapter without the reference 
of a pleasant recollection to Col. Fred. A. Conlding, 
who, together with his accomplished and cultured 
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Smith of Albany, wliom you will doubtless remember as 
the usher at the United States Hotel, at Saratoga 
Springs." 

When one recalls such tokens of friendly kindness 
and recognition as these, and then must reflect on 
the fleeting, transitory nature of all the ties of earth, 
the words of a typical American woman, Mary Cole- 
man, come into mind as the most adequate expres- 
sion of sentiment: 

" A sweeter, sadder thing 
My life for having known you ; 
Forever with my sacred kin 
My soul's soul I must own you. 
Forever mine, my friend, 
From June to life's December, 
Not mine to have or hold 
But to pray for and remember." 




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out of it. And how great, then, must be the daily 
income, when we remember that all this must be 
made in from six to eight weeks ! During this sea- 
son, of which I am writing, there are about 30,000 
strangers in Saratoga, and at the moderate hotel 
rate of $3.00 a day, that would make $90,000 of 
daily receipts. But hundreds of rich men add to 
this ordinary outlay, the expense of carriages and 
blooded horses, many of the last fine enough to 
grace the Arabian stables of a Sultan. 

One of the finest turnouts is that of Miss Moro- 
sini, the daughter of Jay Gould's old partner. She 
is as beautiful as we have described her, but she has 
a very level head, and she can at once handle her 
horses and herself. One afternoon she drove three 
spirited horses, tandem, through all that maze of 
carriages, guiding them by a set of snow-white lines 
which ran from her little hands, and then from horse 
to horse, but giving one the impression that she 
must keep the spirited animals in check by some 
magic such as is described in the Arabian Nights, 
rather than by physical strength. 

Of course there is extravagance at Saratoga ; but 
if you take away from the apparel of life everything 
that is only worn for fashion's sake, we should 
hardly need any civilization, much less a Saratoga. 
A hundred men wear diamonds in Saratoga this 
year who never wore them before. One morning a 
tall, florid faced man from Texas, was seen flaunting 
his hands about as he drank his Plathorn water at 
the Spring, and there were three diamond rings on 
the hand that held the glass. His neck-tie of white 



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Mrs. Wanamaker have taken a ride every afternoon, 
and they both appear to be in perfect health. 

Mr. Wanamaker, as is generahy known, is super- 
intendent of the largest Sunday-school in the 
world. It has been built up almost wholly under 
his management. He is, as most people know, pro- 
prietor of the largest retail dry-goods store in Amer- 
ica, if not on all the earth. This is one among the 
thousands of examples tending to show that the 
most successful business men are likewise the most 
successful church-working laymen. The qualities 
which are conspicuous in Mr. Wanamaker's manage- 
ment of affairs on the first day of the week are pre- 
cisely those which reveal the open secret of his 
power on the remaining six days. He is untiring in 
efTorts, watchful ; inventive of expedients, quick in 
decision, prompt in action, invariably affable to sub- 
ordinates as well as equals ; keen in appreciation of 
efficient service, a consummate judge of human 
nature. To crown all, he inspires confidence. What- 
ever dispute there may be among the politicians 
regarding his connection with the late Presidential 
campaign, it is the truth which no truthful man in 
Philadelphia of any party or creed will deny, that 
John Wanamaker has so borne himself during all 
the long years of his business and religious activity 
in that city, that his honesty and sincerity are uni- 
versally believed in. 

In this connection, the following letter, reaching 
back into history, and showing Mr. Wanamaker's 
party loyalty in the great campaign of 1872, will be 
appropriate : 




HON. JOHN WANAMAKER. 



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a delight among his companions in Saratoga, is here 
with his crutch, wearing tiie skin of a baby, and his 
handsome face as fresh and clear as that of a Scotch 
girl from the Highlands. He has an inexhaustible 
fund of wit, the outburst of a vivid imagination ; a 
cheerful face, full of intelligence, a musical voice 
which always charms. 

When Tom graduated from law school, so the 
story goes, his father, a very prominejit lawyer, said 
to him : " Tom, I 'm going away for a short time, 
and as I want to make you my partner, I shall ex- 
pect to see the firm shingle out on my return." The 
father soon returned and, approaching his office, saw 
in flaming letters this sign: "Thomas Ochiltree and 
Father." Our informant says that Tom always in- 
sisted that he could not see why the old gentleman 
was displeased with the shingle. To this genius are 
we indebted for the pretty idea of holding a garden 
party on the picturesque grounds at the race track. 

Speaking of the garden parties, let me give here a 
sample of the conventional invitation which I hold, 
together with the card of admission : 

"Second Garden Party, 
"Grand Union Hotel, 

" Saratoga Springs, 
" N. Y. 

" The pleasure of your company is requested on Satur- 
day, Aug. 30th. 

" Children from 4 to 7. 

" Ladies and Gentlemen, evening, 9 to 12. 

" George S. Adams, 

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season, I recall Mr. Frank Work, father of Mrs. 
Burke Roche; the Misses Graves; Mr. and Mrs. 
Miles Standish Bromley, Mrs. Bromley being the 
sister of Mrs. Wm. H. Vanderbilt ; Mr. and Mrs. 
Benjamin P. Kissam, with their daughter Ethol; 
Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, and Mr. and Mrs. O. D. 
Munn. 

Mr. William S. Groesbeck of Cincinnati, one of 
the leading lawyers of the Queen City, but long since 
retired, was a prominent figure at the States. Con- 
spicuous in all public charities and benefactions, Mr. 
Groesbeck deserves all the popular credit accorded 
him ; but the one act of all which has won him the 
applause and gratitude of tens of thousands of his 
fellow citizens was the creation of a fund for the 
popular summer concerts in Burnet Woods Park, 
w^iich, while made the occasion of a great society 
outing every week, are also the delight, as he in- 
tended they should be, of thousands of poor people 
and children. He is a rare old man, who exhibits in 
his bearing the high-bred gentleman of great wealth. 
Mrs. Groesbeck came of a distinguished and power- 
ful family, among the foremost for a century of 
our history. Her father. Judge Jacob Burnet, was 
United States Senator ; her grandfather, the Hon. 
William Burnet, being a member of the Continental 
Congress. She was also niece of Gov. Pennington 
of New Jersey and bore the same relation to Judge 
Hornblower of that state. Mrs. Groesbeck was a 
fine type of an educated Christian woman, and from 
her great affluence was able to do much good, but 
did it without ostentation. 



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and patiently, or at least lon^, if not patiently, for a 
glimpse of her. I frequently loaned my opera glasses 
to those who wished to observe her through the par- 
lor window as she sat upon the piazza, all unconscious 
of the eyes that rested upon her. A bevy of gentle- 
men friends took great pleasure in entertaining the 
lady, among them being Mr, Work, Mr. Cutting, and 
his son, R. L. Cutting, Jr.; and after the first week 
the coterie was augmented by the arrival of her coun- 
sel, the handsome Delancy Nichol. 

Who is there among the habitues of Saratoga that 
does not know the familiar figure of E. Berry Wall, 
who hails from New York City and has been coming 
here ever since he was a child ? The qualities Berry 
displayed as a lad developed and refined as he grew 
to manhood and explain his great popularity among 
his associates. He is conspicuous for winning man- 
ners, naive innocence and complete absence of pride 
of rank. Never is he happier than when he is the 
centre of a group of good fellows, leading them on 
to talk or some amusing sport, forgetting that he is 
a King. In this connection I must say that Mr. 
Wall is not only a handsome young man but he is 
also a ladies' man, par excellence, as he has not yet 
become a Benedict ; and from my observation of 
to-day, I do not believe he has a care, he seems to 
live only for the fun of living : life apparently to 
him has no unpleasant side. He may die poor but 
I do not believe that he would mind that at all if he 
could only live rich. 

An event of the year 1891 was the great Unitarian 
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street on the front. Bidding them good-evening, I 
told Mrs. Munn that I did not think they would be 
able to get inside the supper room, as it was a little 
late, and there were no Unitarians in sight. Instantly 
they started on a playful run, one of them saying to 
the other: "We must hurry up and get our supper 
before the Unitarians eat everything up ! " 

But whether the Unitarians ate much or little, and 
even if they left absolutely nothing that evening for 
Mrs. Munn and Miss Gould, they had a great con- 
vention, which called to Saratoga some of the finest 
people of the country. 

Mrs. Murray C. Shoemaker of Cincinnati, with her 
son and daughter, spent the entire season at the ho- 
tel. Mrs. Shoemaker is a widow, and was one of the 
loveliest of all the guests of the States. Perfect in 
the quiet elegance of all her appointments, and most 
dainty in her tastes, sweet and gentle in her disposi- 
tion, I would term the lady a feminine Chesterfield. 
At meal hours, when she descended by the elevator 
to the ground floor, and glancing over to my seat, 
greeted me with a kindly smile and a friendly nod, I 
have more than once exclaimed that she looked like 
a princess. Mrs. Shoemaker is a daughter of Hon. 
James M. Marvin, one of the owners of the hotel 
property. 

A very select party, comprising Mr. Trowbridge 
and his mother. Miss Tyler, Mr. Trowbridge's in- 
tended, all of New Haven, Conn., were pleasantly 
domiciled in Cottage Row at the States. Miss Tyler 
was very pretty, and her future husband a tall, manly, 
handsome young man. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and 



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creature, with a profusion of wonderful hair, Hke 
Sarah Bernhardt's, and ej-es of forget-me-not bUie. 
She has a lovely figure, splendid teeth, a captivating 
smile and the prettiest arms imaginable. 

" Among the younger girls quite the most beautiful 
in Saratoga, perhaps, is Miss Bessie Armstead, who 
is spending the summer here at the Windsor with 
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H, H. Armstead of Brook- 
lyn. Miss Bessie is just sweet sixteen ; is refresh- 
ingly sweet and girlish, with eyes that are large, 
lovely and expressive, and a face which is simply 
captivating when she smiles, fascinating everybody. 
Another charming girl is Miss Otto of Buffalo, who 
has a most attractive face, crowned by a bewildering 
profusion of rich, ruddy hair, such as Titian painted 
on his beauties. Miss Jennie Lissberger, Miss Belle 
Hermann and Miss Bertha Mayer are a trinity of 
beauties who are showered with admiration ; and all 
three will inherit wealth as well as beauty. And 
then here is Mrs. Benjamin F. Beckel of New York, 
whose natural attractiveness is enhanced by some of 
the most splendid costumes ever seen in this eden 
of costumes ; and Mrs. Luther G. Tillotson of New 
York, rich, handsome, charitable, entertaining, and 
by far the wittiest woman of them all ; and Miss Car- 
rie Stevenson, of Baltimore, with eyes so brilliant 
that they have stolen the hearts of more than one 
susceptible fellow. 

" If we come to speak of men, they are here in 
whole regiments. And such men ! No matter what 
your ideal may be, he is here. Thick or thin, tall 
or short, dark or fair, frivolous or pompous, hand- 



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Wisdom, Wealth, and Beauty. 105 



The next morning, on her way to the Spring, Mrs. 
Stranahan stopped on the front piazza a moment to 
tell me about the great pleasure she had experienced 
the evening before, especially at the moment when 
she entered the hall, leaning on the arm of the Presi- 
dent. As they crossed the threshold that immense ■ 
assemblage of people rose to their feet, simultane- 
ously, waving their handkerchiefs and clapping their 
hands, while the band struck up " Hail to the Chief." 
The lady assures me it was really one of the happiest 
moments of her life, and one never to be forgotten. 

The waiters employed at the Spa are usually col- 
ored men, the States never having had any other. 
The head waiter is a dignitary of imposing presence. 
Responsibility sits upon his shoulders, and authority 
beams from the distended pupil of his tropical eye. 
His dignity is sometimes almost overpowering. His 
position elevates him far above servitude in its com- 
moner forms. He will under a strong pressure of 
circumstances, in an extraordinary emergency, hand 
a lady a spoon or, with his own hand, will replenish. 
her cup; but seldom will he drop from his lofty 
range of thought to perform these slender services 
for a man. Between the head waiter and the cook 
there are many battles, but the cook always wins. 
And that reminds me that the chef of the States as- 
sured me last summer that he had twenty-one men 
and twelve women to assist him in the kitchen. 

The picture of a well-ordered dining-room before 
the hungry boarders make an attack upon it is really 
h-npressive. The light is toned into a fashionable 
gloom, the tables are carefully furnished, and behind 



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keeps a situation. He has the correct idea of the 
commercial value of silence. He is not likely to 
imperil his situation for the sake of gossip. He is a 
philosopher, though he may not have recognized 
himself in that capacity. At heart the table waiter 
of color is a true gentleman. In the impulsive kind- 
liness of his heart, he feels kindly toward everybody 
who does not positively oppress him. He is con- 
siderable of a flatterer, but his flattery has all the 
flavor of sincerity ; and he has a deferential, respect- 
ful manner that contains the quintessence of flattery, 
delicate, refined, and palatable. 

"Waiter," said the typical guest to the typical 
functionary, " did n't I give you a dollar when I first 
came in ? '' 

" Yes, sir," was the reply. 

" And yet you Ve kept me waiting here nearly 
three quarters of an hour ! " 

" Yes, sir," concluded the typical colored waiter, 
and so silenced his generous adversary, " I done that, 
sir, to show you that I could n't be bribed, sir." 



A BILL OF FARE. 

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Sauterne. 

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CHAPTER VII. 

TWO EVENTFUL SUMMERS AT THE FAMOUS 
HOSTELRY. 

" 'TT^HE charm of Saratoga to me," said a man on 
J_ the hotel piazza, " is its cosmopolitan flavor. 
At Newport you find New Yorkers ; at 
Cape May and Atlantic City, Philadelphians ; while 
Boston fills the Maine resorts : but here you get the 
cream of every city in the Union." 

But the most cosmopolitan being of all, wherever 
you find her, is the typical summer girl, who is at once 
a delight and a delusion. As an abstract idea she is 
an irresistible and all-conquering success, a creature 
of sweetness and light. In reality she is often a de- 
lusion to others and a snare to her own peace of 
mind. A profound student of the summer girl de- 
clares that the chief cause of the restlessness which 
often mars her charms is due to her tense and over- 
strained desire to have a good time. The seeker for 
a good time who seeks merrily and unconsciously, 
usually finds it and revels in the enjoyment of it, 
summer and winter alike. But the summer girl, in 
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escort had stepped on the train. He apologized 
profusely for following so closely ; but she, with as 
pretty a smile as ever Boston girl allowed to kiss the 
dimples in her cheeks, proved her origin in the retort 
gallant: "That does not signify proximity; it sig- 
nifies distance." 

In this year of 1892, of which I am now writing, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan of Brooklyn, with 
their jolly and corpulent son, were among the promi- 
nent guests of the United States. For a number of 
years it has been the custom of the Stranahans to 
move out of their Brooklyn mansion and into a 
States' cottage about the middle of every July ; and 
they linger in Saratoga until the leaves grow red and 
yellow in the kisses of the autumn sun. The elder 
Stranahan is one of the few men who is able to know 
that his life-work has been appreciated ; for Brook- 
lyn not only calls him her " first citizen," but has 
erected a life-sized statue in bronze to the man who 
has done so much for his city. Tennyson's "Come 
not when I am dead " was beautifully obeyed in this 
case, too, for among the distinguished citizens 
who gathered for the occasion, Mr. Stranahan 
made the living central-figure, honored while he 
could feel the joy and see the tokens of popular 
admiration. 

The two greatest public works of Brooklyn, Pros- 
pect Park and the Bridge, are largely due to Mr. 
Stranahan's efforts. And, now that he has retired 
from active business, he spends the evening of his 
life in noble efforts for the further advancement of 
Brooklyn. He is for the greater New York. Some- 



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marked effect on his career. He studied law with 
his father, and was graduated with honors from Co- 
lumbia College in 1837. YW's, alma mater vcv^dizMxm. 
LL.D., and one of her trustees, in 1867. William 
H. Seward was elected Governor in 1839, ^"^ ^^ s>oovi 
as he was installed into office he appointed Mr. 
Blatchford as his private secretary, and also made 
him military secretary of his staff. 

But Mr. Blatchford began his larger career in 1867, 
when he was appointed by President Johnson as 
United States District Judge for the Southern Dis- 
trict of New York. On the death of Judge John- 
son, in 1878, Judge Blatchford was appointed Circuit 
Judge of the United States for the second circuit, 
including New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, a 
position which he had been tendered twice before, 
but which he this time accepted. In 1882, on the 
nomination of President Arthur, Mr. Blatchford be- 
came Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
United States, and filled that high office with the 
most distinguished ability until his lamented death. 

When I write of Daniel Dougherty, I write with 
admiration in my mind and love in my heart. For 
he was a good personal friend, always true and kind, 
as well as great ; or, rather, goodness and kindness 
were among the most conspicuous elements of his 
greatness. 

The "silver-tongued orator," as Mr. Dougherty 
was called, in deserved recognition of his eloquence, 
was born in Philadelphia in 1826, and studied law 
in the office of the late William Badger. He was 
admitted to the bar in 1859, ^^^ won immediate 






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erty is always about during a campaign ; but I never 
see him afterward.' 

" Besides his eloquence, Mr. Dougherty possessed 
other qualities which called for admiration : his love 
and loyalty toward God. The religious element is in 
our own nature as well as the elements of love and loy- 
alty. Mr. Dougherty was pure, honest, loyal, not only 
before men but before the All-seeing Eye. He practised 
his faith, defended it and suffered for it. He has left to 
the world the example of how a joyous man, a social 
man, and a public man can be at the same time a relig- 
ious man." 

Miss Anna Lament, in company with Mrs. La- 
ment and Mr. Lansing Lament, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. 
Jessup, and ex-Governor Baldwin and family of 
Michigan, were all at the States in the season of '92. 
William H. Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius, whose 
untimely death so stirred the sympathy of the pub- 
lic because of the worth of the young man, was 
among the junior representatives of wealth at Sara- 
toga. 

One of the first thoughts commg to average peo- 
ple at the time of his death would naturally be of 
the millions of which he lost the enjoyment. But 
that is not the right spirit, nor is it justified by the 
facts. It is the undisputed testimony that the 
young man who died so prematurely was unaffected, 
straightforward, manly, cheerful, sensible, and con- 
siderate of the feelings and pleasures of others. 
His popularity and success at school and college is 
in practical support of this testimony. Surely, a 
man of these qualities is eminently fit to be the con- 



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was as well known on the other side of the Atlantic 
as here. He preached in Westminster Abbey and 
other historic churches. A story is told of one of 
his visits to Leeds which is characteristic of the 
man. He was with Rev. Dr. McVickar of Phila- 
delphia, and Mr. Richardson the architect of 
Trinity, all big, broad men, not only in stature but 
in churchmanship. There was to be a lecture on 
** America and Americans." The three American 
giants accordingly went into the hall, sitting by 
pre-arrangement as far apart as possible. The 
lecturer went on to say that Americans were as a 
rule men of puny build, never more than five feet 
ten inches in height. Phillips Brooks hereupon 
arose to his full six feet, six inches and said : " I 
am an average American in height and weight. I 
turn the scales at 250 pounds. I hope if there is 
another American in the house he will vouch for 
the truth of my statement." Then Mr. Richardson 
arose and made his corroborative speech ; then Dr. 
McVickar. But before the latter could finish say- 
ing " I am an American," the audience burst into 
a roar of applause and laughed the lecturer from 
the platform. 

But the sympathetic was even more prominent 
in the great preacher than the humorous. " A poor 
woman living in the parish," says Dr. McVickar, 
" was sick and in distress. Dr. Brooks visited her 
frequently, and, besides ministering to her spiritual 
wants, provided in a substantial way for her physical 
needs. One day he found her more than usually 
pale and miserable in appearance. Believing that 



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because of the World's Fair at Chicago. But the 
old States had its share of summer guests, among 
them being Mrs. Edward Ridley, of the Hotel 
Endicott, New York ; Mrs, John H. Linsly of 6 
West 50th street. New York; Mr. and Mrs. S. G. 
Bogcrt with the Misses Bogert ; Mrs. E. J. King 
with the Misses King ; David R. Randall, E. J. 
Slattery, J. Warren Nash, and the Misses Nash, 
Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Burchard, Mr. R. W. Burnet, 
Mr. and Mrs. Coggeshall and family ; Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward M. Klemm and daughter ; Mr. Collis P. 
Huntington ; Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Wormser and 
Miss Carrie Wormser ; Captain and Mrs. Warren C. 
Beach ; Governor and Mrs. Roswell P. Flower, Mrs. 
E. K. Schley; Mr. and Mrs. James P. Wallace; 
Hon. A. P. Gorman, Mr. A. P. Gorman, Jr., Mr. 
and Mrs. S. U. Cadwell, Miss Lee, Mr. and Mrs. 
James English, Hon. B. H. Bristow and Mrs. 
Bristow ; Mr. Robert L. Cutting and Mr. J. D. W. 
Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Sayre, Jr. of New- 
ark ; and Miss Matilda Lisso of Natchez, Mississippi, 
chaperoned by Mrs. James Seligman. 

Among the distinguished persons who visited 
Saratoga in the season of 1893 were the Bishop of 
New York, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Henry C. Potter, and 
the Archbishop of Zante, Monseigneur Dionysius 
Etas. The Archbishop is accompanied by his 
deacon, Plomer Beratis, who acts in the capacity 
of secretary. These ecclesiastiQs of the Greek 
Church are the guests of Bishop Potter, and are 
entertained in a very hospitable way by Mrs. John 
W. Ehninger at her North Broadway residence, 



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party. The Doctor has a great pet, a tiny Mexican 
dog, Avho seems to know everything and everybody, 
and bears with dignity the name of Feno. Mr. 
Henry A. Hurlbut and son are sure to be found at 
the States during July and August of each year. 
Mrs. Hurlbut always accompanied her husband when 
living ; and we were delighted to welcome the good 
lady. 

General Henry W. Slocum, a brave veteran corps 
commander in Sherman's March to the Sea, came 
from his Brooklyn home for a sojourn at the States, 
after visiting his boyhood home in central New York. 
Henry E. Gladstone of London, a nephew of the 
English Premier, also tarried at our hostelry on his 
journey through this country. 

I was charmed with a description by Mrs. Wesley 
Smead who had just arrived, and had only a few days 
since returned from a trip around the world. She 
had as a fellow passenger Sir Edwin Arnold, author 
of The Light of Asia and The Light of the World; 
and the voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Vancou- 
ver Island was enlivened by Sir Edwin's readings 
from his own works, especially one which has for its 
object the extolment of the morals of Japanese 
women. It made two hours of highly interesting 
reading. 

A sentiment expressed by Sir Edwin is in point 
here : 

" If my death is to be painful," he said, " I should 
shrink from it as I would from any trying ordeal. And 
then I should regret to die because of the large number 
of dear friends I would leave behind. And yet, who 



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tain and Mrs. Ralph Vivian, formerly Mrs. Marshall 
O. Roberts, so well and favorably known at the Spa. 

Hon. William D. Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn., ac- 
companied by his charming wife, is a frequent visitor 
at the States. Mr. Bishop was one of the youngest 
members of Congress elected in 1856, and afterward 
served as Commissioner of Patents under the Buch- 
anan administration. He is a genial gentleman and 
one of the ablest men in New England. Mr. and 
Mrs. Eugene Dutilh, President of the Phoenix Na- 
tional Bank of New York, has made Saratoga his 
summer home for an ordinary lifetime, having spent 
his first summer here in 1835, Mrs. Dutilh having 
been here as early as 1827, and both of them have 
stopped at the old States as well as the new. 

J. C. Cramp, with Mrs. and Miss Cramp, was 
among our guests. Mr. Cramp is one of the owners 
of the famous Cramp ship-yards. Lucius Moore of 
Hudson is an annual visitor at the States. 

I clip the following item from a local paper : 

" Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kenny of Boston, have been 
quietly resting themselves, and they have brought with 
them their charming daughter May, who is one of the 
pupils of the convent of the Sacred Heart in Roxbiiry. 
She recited before Cardinal Gibbons, when he visited 
Boston last year, and was crowned by him with a laurel 
wreath. Mr. Kenny is one of the solid men of the Hub. 
You would not think so to look at him, a plain unassum- 
ing Christian gentleman as he is. Mrs. Kenny had a 
kindness of heart and beauty of person and character 
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business, accosted me and said that she found Mrs. 
Leslie most approachable and charming ; a perfect 
lady. 

In April, '93, occurred the marriage of Miss Maud 
Lorillard, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Pierre Lorillard, to Mr. T. Suffern Taller, the only 
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Tailer. 

The marriage of this young lady brings vividly to 
my mind that when she was a baby her parents were 
at the Clarendon for the season. Meeting the nurse 
one morning, I enquired whose pretty baby it was. 
After telling me, she added, among other things 
about the little darling, the information that the 
baby was very fond of flowers. I made it a rule, 
after that, to manage to get a rose, or other kind of 
flower, for Miss Maud, whom I remember so dis- 
tinctly. The family remained about two months, 
and when they left for home I ordered a handsome 
bouquet, which I gave to the nurse for the little 
beauty, with my best wishes. 

In no other watering-place in the world do visitors 
have so much amusement for nothing as at Saratoga. 
They will go to all the free hops and concerts, that 
is the average visitor; and then when a benefit 
takes place they are forgetful of those who catered 
to their pleasure, and who by this benefit expect a 
little profit for the service to strangers. It is hardly 
fair for strangers to pre-empt all the chairs at the 
piazza concerts, pleasing though their attachment to 
good music may be. 

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any means in the eyes of the young people is the 
elegant grass tennis court in the farther and rear 
end of the lawn. Not a finer court can be found in 
town and here the Misses Nolan royally entertain 
their many guests at morning tennis. Also a fine 
croquet ground can be found here and if one is too 
lazy for either, luxurious hammocks are swung in- 
vitingly near while many rustic seats are placed in 
shady places. Then for those who prefer the piaz- 
zas, they can find here the broadest and coolest. 
The house, which is a large brick structure, two 
stories high and a mansard roof, is painted a light 
buff, with chocolate trimmings. 

Mrs. J. Henry Hentz is greatly loved at the States. 
She has an interesting face, full of tender expression, 
with a voice " soft, low and sweet." Is animated in 
conversation, speaking fluently several languages. 
Her gowns, laces, and jewels represent a fortune. 
She spends much time in travel on the Continent, 
and is a great student. 

Among the cottagers who have been at the United 
States for some time are Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hyde, 
of New York. Mr. Hyde has become prominent 
through his long connection with the Equitable Life 
Insurance Company of which he is president. Last 
Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Hyde were joined by their 
son, Mr. James H. Hyde, who came up from New 
York with his father's guest. General Louis Fitz- 
gerald. General Fitzgerald is known throughout the 
National Guard of the State as the commandant of 
the First Brigade of the State Militia, which in- 
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husband, Mr. George W. Holland, is very popular, 
especially with the ladies, who enjoy his quaint 
humor. He is fine looking and dresses stylishly. 
When not travelling, their winter abode is at the 
Windsor, New York. 

Two young ladies whose movements are generally 
watched by admiring eyes, are Miss Fanny and Miss 
Isabelle Goldsmith, who are guests at the hotel, 
and whose home is in New York. Miss Fanny and 
Miss Isabelle are twins and always dress alike. In 
features, figure, and manners they are exactly alike, 
and it is a mystery to many how their friends can 
distinguish them. They are brunette beauties, with 
pleasant sweet manners, bright and vivacious talkers, 
and graceful dancers. 

Departing from the custom of past years, the 
proprietors of the States will give a hop in Sep- 
tember this season. The hop last Saturday night 
was announced as the last of the season but the 
many guests wanted just one more, and the oblig- 
ing proprietors have yielded to their wishes, and 
to-morrow night a hop will be held in the ball- 
room. 

An establishment that always attracts attention 
and admiration is that which C. A. Baudouine pos- 
sesses. He and his family and their friends go out 
every pleasant day on their magnificent Brewster 
coach, which is considered one of the finest in New 
York. It is painted black with yellow running gear 
and the four handsome high-stepping bays that draw 
it are driven by C. A. Baudouine, Jr. Mr. Baudouine 
has nine horses in Saratoga, and he is also fre- 



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Maude D'Angelus Urmy of Staten Island to Mr. S. 
S. Vreeland of New York, which was quietly cele- 
brated in the Astor suite of the Waldorf. But what 
makes me refer to this particular affair is that Mr. 
and Mrs. Vreeland came directly to the United States 
Hotel, and the announcement of their marriage to- 
gether with their photos appeared in the New York 
Herald on the very evening of their arrival. After 
they had taken supper, and had occupied one of our 
small parlors, a lady guest came up to me and said 
she was satisfied the couple who had just entered 
were the same who had recently been united at the 
Waldorf, and that she recognized them from their 
pictures in the New York Herald. After awhile, going 
into the room where they were sitting, I inciden- 
tally referred to the matter ; and they were greatly 
amused, but agreeably so, at the lady's remarks. 

One incident of 1893 is certainly a pleasant one 
for all Americans. Mrs. Julia D. Grant, widow of 
the ex-President, accompanied by Mrs. Nellie Grant 
Sartoris and her children, Misses Vivian and Rose- 
mary, and Master Algernon E. Sartoris, the whole 
party escorted while at the States by General Charles 
Furlong, formerly of General Grant's staff, arrived at 
the hotel to remain a week, and afterward to visit 
Mt. McGregor, the death-place of her husband. The 
party occupied a private parlor, and all conveniences 
were at their command. But during their stay, the 
leader of the Band, Professor Stub, intending a na- 
tional compliment to young Sartoris asked him if 
he would like the band to play " God Save the 
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She was a maiden for a man to love ; 

She was a woman for a husband's life — 
One that had learned to value far above 

The name of Love the sacred name of Wife." 

I remember finding on the front piazza a lady's 
fur cape, very costly ; I placed it in my locker, and 
after a short time the owner turned up in the person 
of Mrs. R. V. Harnett, At that time I did not know 
cither Mr. or Mrs. Harnett personally, but I often 
saw them passing to and fro through the hall, and it 
was pleasant to observe them sitting quietly together 
on the front piazza, every evening, enjoying each 
other's society. 

It was not long before we became acquainted, and 
I could very soon count them as being among my 
best and truest friends, and I may be pardoned for 
this simple allusion. 

Mr. Harnett is in the prime of life; he occupies 
a prominent social position, is a gentleman of high 
character and rugged integrity, a prince among his 
contemporaries in the metropolis. By force of his 
merits he won his way to the front rank in his line of 
business, and secured for himself patronage both 
lucrative and honorable. 

Mrs. Harnett is the impersonation of grace, with 
a sweet face always wreathed in smiles. Perfect 
taste is stamped upon her becoming toilettes and her 
jewels are marvels of elegance. She is the idol of 
her dignified and happy husband. 

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I append here Mr. O'Conor's beautiful tribute to 
Nicholas Hill, which is unsurpassed in the language 
of just and appropriate eulogy: 

" When Nicholas Hill was summoned from earth, 
though he had reached only his fifty-third year, he had 
confessedly attained the first place, not only at his own 
splendid bar, the bar of Albany, but the bar of the 
State. A purity of life that knew no blemish ; an integ- 
rity that no man ever impeached ; a love of justice that 
shone out in every word he uttered as an advocate or as 
an adviser ; a calm, clear-sighted, investigating intellect, 
ripened to the fullest maturity and energy by fixed hab- 
its of intense application, which never left in any case a 
relevant fact undiscovered or overlooked a pertinent 
legal principle ; these were some of the qualities which 
secured Nicholas Hill the applause of all, and the un- 
hesitating confidence of our highest tribunals." 

There came a time when Charles O'Conor went out 
from among his professional brethren never to return 
to them. But there is wafted to his tomb, in a gen- 
tle requiem to his memory, his own beautiful votive 
offering to the memory of Nicholas Hill, those ever- 
living words that breathe : " These were qualities 
which secured Nicholas Hill the applause of all and 
the unhesitating confidence of our highest tribunals^ 

I might say here briefly of Judge Henry E. 
Davies what Shakespeare said of Brutus: 

" His life was gentle ; and the elements 
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up 
And say to all the world, ' This was a man ! ' " 

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many new ones by her sociability and attrac- 
tiveness. 

General Schoficld brought his bride to the United 
States, but remained for a short time only. I notice 
the following concerning the General with much 
pleasure : 

" During a spirited skirmish in southern Tennessee 
early in the war, a Federal officer was raising a tin cup 
of water to his lips, when a Confederate bullet passed 
through the cup. Utterly unmoved, the officer hurried 
the cup to his lips, and eagerly quaffed the rapidly 
escaping water. The officer was John McAllister Scho- 
field, who will retire this month as commander of the 
United States army, and the incident is a good illustra- 
tion of the courage of the grizzled veteran, and his cool- 
ness under fire." 

John D. Rockefeller was sitting on the front piazza 
of the hotel conversing with a friend, and our detec- 
tive asked me if I wanted to see one of the richest 
men in the world. On my replying in the affirma- 
tive we went out on the piazza and he then said, 
" There is John D. Rockefeller." Had the opportu- 
nity offered I would have been pleased to introduce 
myself to him, and I have no doubt I would have 
received a courteous welcome, for courtesy, I am 
informed, is a distinguishing trait in the character 
of the " Petroleum Prince," as he is called. I ob- 
served that he was plainly dressed, of a little above 
the average height, well proportioned, weighing 
probably about one hundred and eighty pounds, with 
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by whom he had one daughter who married Anson 
Phelps Stokes. His second wife was the widow of 
Joseph Maulin of Troy, N. Y. ; her maiden name was 
Miss Anna F. Swartwout, the daughter of Henry 
Swartwout. Mrs. Isaac N. Phelps believes in Sara- 
toga as a summer residence, and in the invigorating, 
dry mountain air her health is always good. 

Mrs. Phelps is a handsome woman of commanding 
presence, and she knows how to dress to perfection. 
Her stately figure is always richly and becomingly 
gowned. She comes to the hotel quite often, driv- 
ing down from her cottage in a victoria, to visit 
guests stopping at the States. Mrs. Phelps is idol- 
ized by a choice coterie of friends who are sure to be 
found in Saratoga every season. Between this esti- 
mable lady and the writer there exists a long time 
friendship. 

The memory of the late Henry Swartwout will be 
lovingly honored by his two daughters, Mrs. W. 
Jerome Green of Utica, and Mrs. Isaac N. Phelps, 
who will present to Grace Episcopal Church of Utica 
a beautiful baptismal font. 

In this connection I would mention another splen- 
did gift made by Mr. George P. Bliss, of New York, 
who, with his family, is one of our most valued 
summer guests. 

Mr. Bliss will present to the town of North- 
ampton, Mass., his birthplace, a granite church 
costing more than $100,000, to be entirely built, 
furnished and given to St. John's Episcopal parish 
by him. This is certainly most touching and beauti- 
ful. Mr. Bliss's genius as a financier has won him 



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His governess came from Mexico ; she was of rather 
prepossessing appearance with jet black hair reach- 
ing to her knees, high cheek bones and very dark 
eyes. 

Mr. and Mrs. George M. Pullman were annual 
visitors at the Queen of Spas, and their names are 
to be found on the register of the States when in 
Saratoga. They are elegant people, refined, digni- 
fied, and rather reserved. Mr. Pullman is an example 
of the possibilities confronting poor young men. 
Of honorable ambition and relentless energy, zeal- 
ous in his calling and in the great enterprises of 
which he has been the conspicuous and leading 
figure, contributing to its advancement, enriching 
it by his genius, and elevating it by his industry. 
To-day he is known not only in his own country 
but in Europe as the " palace car king." 

Mr. Pullman is a good liver, a gracious entertainer, 
and a pleasant companion. A man possessed of a 
great deal of common sense and sound judgment, 
never loses his head, and, to use the words of John 
Randolph, he is as cool as "the centre seed of a 
cucumber." 

I quote the following, taken from the Chicago 
News Record : 

" I have known George M. Pullman a good many years. 
He is a proud man— that is to say, he is proud of one 
thing, and that is not his riches or his success. The 
one thing he is proud of and which he loves to talk 
about is that he was a 'sger ; that he was one of the 
number who made their way across the plains thirty- 
three years ago in search of fortunes in the far wild 



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ment, with mild, gentle manners. She is a wealthy 
widow, and wears many handsome gowns and costly 
jewels ; she wins new friends wherever she goes. 

Dr. and Mrs. Philip H. Brown, Jr., of Cummings 
Point, Stamford, Conn,, were pleasantly domiciled 
here this season. The Doctor was seeking rest, for 
he is a very busy man when at home. However, he 
finds time to spend one month at the Spa, accompa- 
nied by Mrs. Brown. The two are hardly ever apart 
and they can be found sitting on one of the large sofas 
in the ladies* entrance, which seems to be a particu- 
larly attractive spot to them for it was there I first met 
this delightful couple and formed a friendship that 
afterward ripened into the most pleasant relations. 

Judge Latrobe of Baltimore and Wilson G. Hunt 
of New York were welcome additions to summer 
society here, and Gilbert S. Coddington, Esquire, is 
at the Windsor Hotel. Mr. Coddington is a man of 
reserve force. His manner is that of the polished 
gentleman of the school between the extremely 
modern and the old. He is quiet and dignified, yet 
at the same time fond of society ; is well off, and 
belongs to our smartest set. 

Hon. William Walter Phelps never missed coming 
to Saratoga unless he was abroad. A well-known 
public man said not long ago he did not like Mr. 
Phelps because he was too affected. He never could 
stand a man who wore bangs. 

There was as little affectation about Judge Phelps 
as any man I ever knew. He wore his hair down 
over his forehead to hide an ugly scar. 

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Mr. Storm was a notable horseback rider, espe- 
cially so in the early mornings, sometimes going as 
far as Mount McGregor. He was an excellent 
mount and seemed to enjoy life hugely when in the 
saddle. I often wonder if Mr. Storm remembers 
how we became acquainted, and I hope I will never 
forget the many kindnesses shown me since that 
time by this delightful gentleman and his gracious 
wife. 

Dryden sang in poetic verse the following lines, 
which quite complete my brief allusion to my much 
valued friend : 

" Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, 
In him alone 't was natural to please." 

Apropos, the autograph of Mrs. George Storm, 
written in my diary during the season of 1888, lies 
before me. 

In this connection I would say that few people 
really realize the true worth of friendship. The 
w^ord friendship or friend is often misapplied. An 
acquaintance is not a friend. It is only in the trying 
hours of our life that we learn who our friends really 
are. Friendship is a sacred something that has its 
seat in the heart. It is as scarce and as precious as 
a jewel. Its worth cannot be estimated. It has no 
market value upon its face. 

The following definition of a true gentleman will 
not be out of place here : 

" He is above a low act. He cannot stoop to commit 
a fraud. He invades no secret in the keeping of an- 



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sympathizing ; and all these qualities go to make what 
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It is a noble privilege which has been sadly p 

tituted ; and what I want to say is, that the hu..- 

blcst man who has the coarsest work to do, yet, if 

his heart be tender and pure, and true, can be,'in 

the most emphatic sense of the word, " a gentleman." 

Seeking rest and pleasure at the palatial States 

was Gov. H. C. Warmoth of New Orleans. His 

wife, a pretty, unassuming brunette with a sweet 

disposition endearing her to all, has had a "splendid 

time." Their daughter, Reinette, a little beauty of 

the Spanish type, was most bewitching in manner, 

and a perfect little guardian angel in her tender,' 

watchful care of dear brother Carroll, a charming 

and cunning little man of four merry summers. 

Brother Frank was considered great authority, 

among the young folks at the States. 

Much has been written about the American girl, 
the English girl, and girls of other countries. But 
they say the prettiest girls in the world are those of 
Northern Italy. They are gloriously, maddeningly 
beautiful. They are a mixture of the French gentry 
and the old Italian nobility, and inherit the vivacity 
of one country and the voluptuous half-Oriental 
beauty of the other. 

If my readers want to understand what the poet 
meant by the " dark eyes' splendor " go not to the 
vale of Cashmere nor to Cadiz, but to Milan. 
Greece in her palmiest days could not produce such 
perfect figures, nor Spain such coquettes. Add to 



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lage cemetery. His eldest brother, Joseph Selig- 
man, was graduated from the University of Erlanger, 
and Jesse attended the Gymnasium in that town 
with the intention of entering the University, 

Mr. Seh'gman was married at Munich, Bavaria, in 
1854, to Miss Henrietta Hihman, of that city, a 
highly educated woman. They have three sons and 
three daughters. In his family circle he was like 
the light of the sun. He was their hope, their joy, 
their happiness, everything. 

Jesse Seligman's genius as a financier won him the 
admiration of the commercial world, but a higher 
place, that in the hearts of the people, he secured 
by his broad philanthropy. There are three great 
virtues, faith, hope, and charity : not the charity in- 
scribed upon marble in letters of gold or other colors 
to indicate that some man has done a good deed, but 
it was that quiet innocent charity which is beautifully 
portrayed by Shakespeare : " Charity is like the 
dews of Eden, which fall unheard and unseen upon 
the earth, conferring benefits upon all." I have set 
before my readers a good man, so noble, true, honest, 
pure, that I challenge any of you to mention a flaw 
in his character. Mr. Seligman in his will remem- 
bered many creeds, and almost every institution in 
New York was a beneficiary. 

At the banquet which was given to Mr. Seligman, 
October i, 1891, at Delmonico's, by the officers and 
directors of the United Hebrew Charities, there was 
paid to Mr. Seligman a tribute such as few private 
citizens have received. Jacob H. Schiff, who pre- 
sided at this meeting, said, among other things : 



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Two Eventful Summers. 151 

wife and children, and above all, to a kind and merciful 
God." 

Jesse Seligman's name is added to the list of 
those who have died before the world could afford 
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A Trip to Carlsbad. 153 

Arriving at Antwerp, I proceeded to Cologne on 
the Rhine ; and it was there that the guard on the 
train told me that the Mayor of Chicago had been 
shot. I had an exceedingly difficult time to make 
myself understood, as every one spoke the German 
language. In Carlsbad I went to the Hotel Para- 
dies, together with a young man whom I met on the 
train from Leipsic, and who occupied the same com- 
partment with me. I was quite ill after my long 
voyage and land journey, and, after seeing a physi- 
cian, I requested, next day, to be taken to a hos- 
pital. The doctor assented, and the proprietor of 
the hotel, together with the physician and myself, 
were driven to the Allgemeines Krankenhaus, loca- 
ted on an Austrian mountain, and conducted by the 
Roman Catholic sisters. Although I was unable to 
speak with any person connected with the hospital, 
all of them being Germans, kindness and nothing 
but kindness did I receive from those people, who 
are devoting their precious lives to the care of the 
sick and afflicted. They are the gentle and gener- 
ous lovers of the poor. The first night that I en- 
tered the hospital, on retiring to rest, I awoke about 
midnight, and saw by the dim light an angelic form 
kneeling at my bedside in solemn prayer, her white 
hood shining to my vision as a celestial light from 
Heaven. And when I recall that sight my heart 
bows low in love and reverence for dear Sister 
Bertha, for that was her name, whose supplications 
were certainly being offered in my behalf. And my 
grateful remembrance includes all the sisterhood of 
the institution as follows : 



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it been known to falter in the time of need. Never 
in the trenches of the battle-field, never in the path 
of the deadly hail, never in the haunts of contagion 
and of death ; down the narrow passage or up the 
difficult stair ; never when the cry of human suffer- 
ing reached his willing ear, — never has the doctor 
yielded to the nurse a single claim to the grand re- 
ward of duty done at Duty's call. 

I was a private patient and had as my companion 
in the ward an Austrian college professor, a giant in 
stature; a blond, and about thirty-five years old. I 
paid thirty-two marks per week, being equivalent to 
about $8.00 of our money, that price paying all ex- 
penses. I found the professor a very sick man, and 
left him at the hospital when I took my departure, 
which was December 2d, having been an inmate 
one month. The professor and the attending phy- 
sician. Dr. Adolph Bernharth, had more difficulty 
to understand me than any of the attaches. The 
head doctor was in London at the time I was there, 
but arrived a day or so before I left. 

Bohemia has always been famous for its mineral 
springs ; but in no place have they assumed that 
celebrity which attaches to far-famed Carlsbad, 
where are congregated each year thousands of peo- 
ple from all quarters of the globe. There are sev- 
eral springs here, all hot, the greatest of these being 
the famous Sprudel. The river Tepl runs through 
the town, and in the middle of the stream is located 
a pipe which sends forth this almost boiling hot 
water, and has been doing this for five centuries. 
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I incorporate here in my book the following 
letter sent to me from Dresden, and forwarded to 
the hospital : 

" Dresden, Luttichau St., 26, 
" I Floor. 

" P. r. 

" On the event of your visiting Dresden, I beg to call 
your attention to the pension which I have been leading 
for the last seven years at that place. It is situated in a 
quarter of the town which, being agreeable for residence, 
is at the same time most convenient for sight-seers, vis- 
itors of the opera, etc. The rooms are amply furnished, 
and always present a fresh appearance, as I have from 
the beginning chosen a high order of furniture and con- 
stantly replace such as grows old. 

" A point to which I devote the greatest care is the 
table. All materials used in cooking are of the best 
quality. The following will give full information of the 
nature of the meals : 
" Breakfast consists of 

" Coffee, tea, or chocolate, eggs, porridge. 
" Dinner : 
" Soup. 

" Entree of fish or poultry, etc. 
" Roast meat with vegetables. 
" Pudding, cheese, coffee. 
" Supper : 

" Meat and vegetables. 
" Tea, cake, and compote, 
" The terms are from 3 1/2 to 5 marks per day for 
full board. A reduction is made for parties and chil- 
dren. I take pains to remark that I do not enlarge bills 
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and music. There is, however, no drunkenness, no 
fighting ; and on the next day they all return to their 
work, happier for the outing, and recuperated for 
renewed labor. They have spent only half of their 
two dollars, the other half being kept for old age, 
and added to their other savings. 

And so I bade farewell to the good people of 
Carlsbad, Dec. 2d, on my return to America, pass- 
ing through Germany; stopping at the city of 
Cologne long enough to visit that grand old cathe- 
dral, and purchasing two bottles of Farina cologne 
water. Arriving again at Antwerp, I sailed on the 
good Frieslaiid, Dec. 9th, bound for New York. 
There were very few saloon passengers on that trip, 
not more than a dozen of us all told. But what 
there were mingled together as one family. The 
Captain, a genial companion and a sailor in all that 
word implies, told me that he had been in the line 
twenty-one years; and during the passage I was 
invited by him to go up on the bridge, giving me 
an escort. The wind at that time was terrific, and 
the bridge was covered with a foot of solid ice. I 
backed down ; but Miss Carson ventured up, with 
the Captain as her pilot and protector. Among the 
lady passengers was Miss Fanny Ewing, daughter of 
the American Minister to Belgium, residing at Brus- 
sels, Honorable James S. Ewing. Miss Fanny was 
the protegde of the Captain. She was quite pretty, 
with a nature and a personality that make her doubly 
attractive. She won the sweepstakes on the time 
when we would reach New York. 

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the deep, an unsailor-like sailor, and an interested 
friend in need. The steward is a curious combina- 
tion of waiter, chambermaid, and sailor. He must 
serve at table, do general housework, have a sailor's 
stomach, and balance himself on a sailor's leg. At 
one moment he is resplendent in blue clothes and 
brass buttons, and is handling macaroons and cham- 
pagne, the next you see him staggering coatless along 
the dimly-lighted gangway with a feather-duster and 
slop-pail. In stormy weather the manoeuvres he 
goes through in table service and in chamber work 
rival those of an athlete in a circus ring. He sleeps 
in a place devoid of light and air, and he keeps his 
clean linen with his pails and brushes, in a little cup- 
board just outside or near your cabin door. But 
when the meeting between himself and his toilet 
takes place nobody knows. Occasionally, he may 
be seen on deck of an evening smoking his pipe ; 
but as a rule he does not appear outside. And al- 
though he lives at sea he is as pale as a shop-girl. 
When you are sea-sick, he is your only friend ; the 
only inmate of the vessel who pretends to regard 
you without levity ; the only being through whom 
you feel that you have any grip on life. But be as- 
sured that his tender care of you springs from in- 
terested motives ; and he would leave you to die in 
neglect if he did not feel that in nursing you he was 
nursing a glittering golden coin. In his inmost heart 
he has no respect for you. He prefers the beef-eat- 
ing, cock-tail drinking veteran of the smoking room, 
to the lemon-sucking, gruel-sipping invalid of the 
cabin. When you embark the steward takes your 



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the United States Hotel. He is one of the most 
energetic, esteemed, and valued attaches of the 
house. In his cordial, light-hearted manner, he does 
everything in his line to make each and every one of 
his guests while at the ball-room welcome and happy. 
He has a warm spot in his generous heart for the de- 
votees of Terpsichore. Mr. Frothingham is a con- 
firmed bachelor ; but in his domestic life he has been 
very fortunate in having the companionship of a 
favorite sister whom he holds in most affectionate 
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son, Dr. Thomas H. Burchard, Mrs. Burchard, Dr. 
George R. Smith, Mr. Charles D. Dickey, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. D, Flower, Mrs. Emma Keep Schley, Mr. 
and Mrs. Benjamin Mann and family, of Philadel- 
phia ; Mr. A. J. Antelo, with the Misses Antelo, Mr. 
and Mrs. John Kellogg, with Miss Kellogg, Misses 
Susie and Alice Fish, of Amsterdam, N. Y. ; and J. 
Warren Nash and three sisters of New York City. 

The most of our regular summer guests returned 
with the advancing season, and among them none 
more charming than Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Johnson, 
to both of whom I had taken quite a fancy. Mr. 
Johnson, a man of fine appearance and most agree- 
able manners, is a typical gentleman of the old 
school. Always wearing a stiff stock and stand-up 
collar, with shirt front of the finest and whitest linen, 
a tall, glossy tile, a black broad-cloth frock coat, deep- 
skirted and closely buttoned over a pair of the dark- 
est and finest cassimere pants, his costume as a whole 
was certainly very respectable and aristocratic, and 
dazzled younger men into a deference which youth 
rarely shows in these days either to age or position. 

Among the regular guests from Brooklyn were 
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wallace, and in connection with 
these most estimable people there is a pleasant inci- 
dent I wish to relate. I had quoted to Mr. Wallace 
these lines : 

" To see a dear old married pair 
Their journey nearly done, 
As lovers still walk hand in hand 
Down to the setting sun." 



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ter of Dr, Kip's, came to the hotel later in the sea- 
son and formed, with the Doctor's family, a very 
interesting group. 

New York's great banker, Mr. Henry Clews, came 
up from Newport for a few days. Mr. Clews is one 
of the most genial of the multi-millionaires, and al- 
though one of the clearest-headed financiers of the 
metropolis, and always up to date on money mat- 
ters, he finds time to be courteous. His wife was 
abroad at the time, but a very handsome lady paid 
an unconscious tribute to her by speaking of their 
resemblance to each other. Mr. Clews had told me 
that the lady resembled his wife ; and a few hours 
later I said to her that a certain gentleman had 
spoken of her as the alter ego of his wife. The lady 
instantly exclaimed : " It must have been Mr. Henry 
Clews, for I have frequently been taken for the bank- 
er's lady." 

Mr. Henry M. Tabcr sojourned at the States for a 
time, being afterward joined by his daughter, Miss 
Mary, together with her friend Miss Laura Schonable, 
of 220 East i6th St., New York City. I had never 
met Mr. Taber before, but he approached me one 
day and requested that I would find some congenial 
person to play a game of checkers with him ; and 
from that moment to the day of his departure for 
home, it was one of my greatest pleasures to have a 
social chat with him. I missed the gentleman very 
much when he had gone. 

Among the frequent visitors at Saratoga is Judge 
Charles L. Benedict, of the United States District 
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The Memorable Season of 'Ninety-Four. 169 

The young gentleman who thus accosted the dig- 
nified Governor of the Empire State, and whose 
frankness met with so much encouragement, was not 
quite three feet high, wore golden curls, and looked 
up at the Governor through honest, innocent blue 
eyes, and had not yet acquired even the glory of 
trousers into the pockets of which to thrust his tiny 
hands. But he kept the courage to continue the 
conversation by saying : " Are you well, Governor? " 
And, receiving a pleasant answer, he ran to his nurse 
and joyfully exclaimed: " See that, Minnie; Gov- 
ernor Flower and I had a talk ! " 

This pretty little fellow is the only child of Mr. 
and Mrs. Walter Hanson, and his beautiful face is 
honestly inherited from parents as good as they are 
handsome. 

Colonel and Mrs. George P. Lawton are very fond 
and proud of their little son, Daniel Lathrop Law- 
ton. A quiet, manly little fellow, he is nevertheless, 
in all respects, a real boy. Mrs. Lawton is a sister 
of Mrs. Hanson and also lives in Saratoga, where 
she moves prominently in the best society. Having 
a true, warm heart and a sunny nature, and being 
keenly and helpfully interested in Saratoga's chari- 
table organizations, always ready to respond to any 
call of need, Mrs. Lawton is deservedly popular as 
well as prominent. Withal, she is fond of life, 
bright, joyful, unselfish; and looking at the bright 
side of things herself, she has the happy faculty of 
making others see the better and brighter side of 
Hfe. . 

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The Memorable Season of ' Ninety-Fo2ir. 171 

ladies of every rank, in chiv^alrous recognition of the 
deference due to womankind, Mr. Munn has not 
only a head which is level with the Nineteenth Cen- 
tury but a heart as warm and valiant as that of a 
Knight of the Middle Ages. Indeed, Mr. Munn is 
one of those who honor women simply because they 
are women. Blest as he was with the pleasant and 
loving companionship of a devoted wife, one whose 
character was rooted in a simple and reverent faith, 
and finding its fruitfulness in a gracious loyalty of 
love which made her home beautiful, the loss of this 
devoted help-mate of a lifetime was a very severe 
blow to him ; but he can surely comfort himself with 
the words of another in a like experience: 

" For life to me is as a station, 
Wherein apart a traveller stands ; 
One absent long from home and nation 
In other lands, — 

And I as he who stands and listens. 
Among the twilight and the gloom, 
To hear approaching in the distance 
The train for home. 

For death shall bring another mating, 
Beyond the portals of the tomb ; 
On yonder shore a bride is waiting 
Until I come." 

When I first knew the Munns at the Clarendon 
years ago, I was very fond of Charlie, the younger 
of their two sons, who was very small at that time, 



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loads of fuel, beds, pillows, and not infrequently cook- 
ing-stoves, are ordered and sent to the destitute people 
anonymously. Mrs. Flower always appears as 'the lady 
in black.' In going through the wards she has no com- 
munication with the nurses or doctors ; and when ques- 
tions are asked as to her identity, the reply always is : 
* Oh, she is a visitor who often comes.' " 



At the Flower Hospital, corner of Avenue A. and 
Sixty-third Street, a memorial to Governor and Mrs. 
Flower's son, Mrs. Flower's sympathetic nature is 
given wider scope. One of the missionary women 
who went shopping with her said : 

" Mrs. Flower had a hand-bag full of money. She 
bought for cash for reasons of her own, and the 
barrels of goods were sent to head nurses, matrons, 
and industrial-school teachers." For seven years 
Mrs. Flower was interested in the Watertown Home 
for the Aged ; and when the honors of office raised 
her to the position of mistress of the Executive 
Mansion, her daughter, Mrs. Taylor, undertook the 
godly work, assisted therein by her husband, Mr. 
John Taylor, the care of the aged men devolving 
especially upon him. Governor and Mrs. Flower 
also built the Mission Church in East Fifty-ninth 
Street, which is a part of St. Thomas's Parish work. 
All the expenses connected with the Boys' Club are 
paid by the family. 

All her life, Mrs. Flower has had an intense love 
for children ; and the little orphan cripples of New 
York City, Albany, and Watertown have been the 
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ter of Mr. and Mrs. Salem H. Wales, of New York, 
old friends of mine ; and Mrs. Wales accompanied 
Mrs. Root. It was delightful to discover that the 
wife of my old friend was the mother-in-law of so 
distinguished a leader of the Convention ; and as I 
hailed from the Capital City, and had heard and read 
a great deal about Mr. Root, I alluded to his prom- 
inence in a conversation with Mrs. Root and her 
mother. " We in Albany," I said, " think Mr. Root 
is a big man, not in stature but in greatness." 

And Mrs. Root immediately and happily retorted : 
"We think him a big man in New York ! " 

Lieutenant T. B. M. Mason, executive officer of 
the New York, is the youngest man in the Navy 
holding so important a position. It is said that 
Secretary Tracy tendered the appointment to Lieu- 
tenant Mason in order that he might signally com- 
pliment this young officer upon his professional and 
excutive ability. I was very proud and glad when 
I read the announcement of young Mason's promo- 
tion. Many years ago he visited Saratoga with 
his grandfather, Sidney Mason. The lad was then a 
midshipman, and I was sure that he would be heard 
from later on, and my good opinion of him is fully 
justified. He has not been with us here in Saratoga 
recently, but his mother, Mrs. T. B. Myers, together 
with his sister, Mrs. Julian James, of Washington, 
D. C, are regular season visitors ; and I know they 
are justly proud of the brilliant record of this superb 
young officer, already an authority on all naval 
affairs. 

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we have, however, a whole-souled, generous, and 
hearty way of welcoming our guests, which the 
Infanta fully appreciates; and she is evidently 
pleased with the royal reception give by a demo- 
cratic people. 

I cannot pass on without mentioning the incident 
of Princess Eulalie's placing with her own hands a 
wreath upon the tomb of General Grant on Memorial 
Day at Riverside Park. It is needless to add that 
this act, suggested by herself, served to commend 
her still further to the American people. Fifteen or 
sixteen years ago, when the Infanta was a little girl, 
she met General Grant, while the great hero was 
travelling in Spain, and she has a distinct and pleasant 
remembrance of him. Her tribute to him was there- 
fore not without an element of personal regard. Her 
escort consisted of General Horace Porter, Col. S. V. 
R. Cruger, Cornelius N. Bliss and Whitelaw Reid. 

In an account of her departure from Chicago we 
find these words : 

" With the kiss of Hobart Chatfield Taylor lingering 
on her brown kid glove, the fair Eulahe waved adieu to 
the assembled throng. Mayor Harrison won the Infanta's 
respect and gratitude ; and, as he was bidding her good- 
night, she presented him with a handsome cigarette case 
of solid beaten gold, having a crown of diamonds in its 
centre, and clasped with a ruby and an emerald, and 
asked him to keep it as a souvenir of one of the most 
enjoyable periods of her hfe. Then Mayor Harrison 
drew from the pocket of his coat his book of travels : 
A Race with the Sun, and handed it to the Princess. 
Thanking him, she promised to read the book aboard 



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Mrs. Thomas Francis Meagher, Hon. Smith Ely, Mr. 
George Alfred Townsend, Washington, F. W. Tap- 
penbeck, E. J. King, Jr., George F. Garr, Joseph K. 
Garr, A. Gordon Norrie, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cobb, 
of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Moore, of Memphis, 
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- 
ward M. Klemm, with Miss Klemm ; Oliver S. and 
Mrs. Carter, of New York, Mr. and Mrs. S. U. Cad- 
well, Miss Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Ivison with 
the Misses Ivison, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Bogert, Miss 
Belle Bogert, Miss Annie Bogert, — these last two 
young ladies charming types of the blonde and 
brunette, and favorites at the hotel for years. 

Mrs. E. J. King, Miss Sarah King and their com- 
panion. Miss Kate King, have been coming to the 
States for years from their New York City home, 
and are very highly esteemed by our people. In- 
deed, no words that I could write, would add any- 
thing to the high tributes paid to the family. Their 
evenings are always spent either on the piazza, near 
the lawn door, or in the immense hall on one of the 
sofas ; and it has been very pleasant to add all to 
their comfort I possibly could, within the functions 
of my position and as prompted by my personal 
regard for them. 

Mrs. Charles Lament and her son, Mr. Lansing 
Lamont, are also here, while Mrs. Flagler, the daugh- 
ter, and her husband are in Europe. Other promi- 
nent names are these : — Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ransom, 
and F. J. Ransom, of New York, Mr. and Mrs. George 
E. Dodge and Miss Cassie Dodge, New York ; Mr. 
and Mrs. B. B. Knight, Providence, R. I. ; Mr. Joseph 



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Mrs. Baudouine, and that she had sent her kind re- 
gards to me. I of course assured the good lady that 
I felt more than grateful to have my name kept on 
the roll of remembrance, and begged that she would 
thank her daughter for me. 

A finemusicale, delightfully informal in its nature, 
was given in the Blue Parlor on Saturday, Aug. i8th, 
in which several accomplished amateurs took part. 
The musicale was for the benefit of the Home of the 
Good Shepherd, and Mrs. Henry Thompson of New 
York, as the leading spirit of the enterprise, is entitled 
to much gratitude. Mrs. Thompson, Mr. E. Berry 
Wall, Mrs. C. J. Collis were singers, and it is enough 
to say that they sang in a manner beautiful as them- 
selves, being also assisted by Mr. George Stuart 
Smith of Boston. Mr, Charles Smith acted as pian- 
ist, while Mrs. Wall sang "Ave Maria," by Gounod, 
with violin accompaniment, Mr. C. W. Stub of the 
United States Hotel Orchestra being first violinist. 
The musicale included solos, duett, and choruses; 
and at the conclusion of the delightful affair the snug 
sum of two hundred and eighty dollars was raised 
and turned over to the treasurer of the Home, Mrs. 
Linsly, Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Lawton receiving the 
contributions. 

Among the belles at the States are Miss L. T. 
Wilcox, of New York, one of the handsomest blondes 
who has been here for several seasons. Miss N. A. 
Devereux, of Philadelphia, the niece of Mr. Antelo, 
and Miss Jennie Seasongood, a tall, stately girl and 
a perfect dancer, are both among the aristocracy of 
Beauty; and among the beautiful matrons is Mrs. 



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Thomas H. Hurch.i- . : rk. who attracts 

attention every afternoon by her graceful riding 
on Union Avenue, with a groom in attendance. 
Ilcr hu>b,ind. DtKlor Burchard. i» himself a hand* 

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Mr. 

if two 

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a .\ :..c oldest active banker 

in that state. Other guests arc :— Mr. and Mrs. W. 
E. Dodge, Henry S. Rokenbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Parish, all of New York: Rev. and Mrs. 
Oliver Crane of B< • St.ilcs 

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; Mr. 
Justus Hotchkiss and wile of New Haven, Conn. ; 
Miss W. E. Tumball and Miss A. J. Gumcrsell of 
Mohawk, N. J. : Mrs. William H. Townscnd, Doctor 
and Mrs. George G. Whcclock. Mr. \V. H. Wheclock, 
Doctor and Mrs. David Webster and Miss Andrews, — 
all these swelled the lists during the prosperous year 
of "94. 

Mr. and Mrs. Wormser, accompanied by Mr. and 
Mrs. Jefferson Seligman, rarely miss coming to Sara- 
toga during the season. Mr. Wormscr's stay is brief, 
but the rest of the family usually remain until late 
in September. It is pleasant for me to say of Mr. 
Wormser that he is one of the most approachable and 
courteous of men ; he cares little for society, e.xcept 
the company of a few friends; in fact, he is so ab- 



The Memorable Season of 'Ninety-Four. 183 



sorbed in his business that I think nothing possesses 
for him the attraction that he finds in his banking 
house. He is a very domestic man, fond of reading 
and study, preferring a quiet Hfe to a gay one, spend- 
ing most of his leisure time at home. Mr. Wormser 
is generous in the extreme and a liberal donator to 
worthy institutions. 

Time has lightly touched Mrs. Wormser, only 
sprinkling with gray her abundant dark hair which 
is combed a la pompadour above a sweet face. Her 
large dark eyes are filled with loving and kindly 
light ; she is the kind of woman into whose orbs we 
look and believe in heaven. She has one of the 
sunniest and best of dispositions in the world, and it 
is said that this good lady is noted for her unstinted 
charity and benevolence. 

Jefferson Seligman is a young man of marked 
personality and has many qualities which endear 
him to his friends. He is regarded as the soul of 
honor and typifies American youth and manhood in 
its best and highest sense. At his place of business 
as well as in his home, he is always the same unself- 
ish friend and finished gentleman. His elegant and 
hospitable residence stands on 69th Street, the aris- 
tocratic thoroughfare of the East side of New York 
City, near Fifth Avenue, and all its appointments 
are in exquisite taste. 

Mr. Seligman's affectionate devotion to his wife 
has brought out one of the pleasantest sides of his 
character. Mrs. Seligman is the daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Isador Wormser, and is a lady of striking 
presence and engaging manners. Her taste in dress 






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Before the season closed Mrs. Richmond and 
daughter went to the Heustis House for a short 
time but soon returned to the United States, where 
they were comfortably domiciled until they bade 
farewell to the Spa. 

Cottage life is every season becoming more and 
more a feature of Saratoga, and it is only a matter 
of a few years when Newport, which has always been 
noted for its handsome villas, will be surpassed in 
this respect. Many of the finest residences are on 
North Broadway. 

Among the most ardent admirers of the beauties 
of Saratoga and the comforts of cottage life, are the 
Hon. Edward Murphy, Jr. and family, of Troy, who 
always pass their summers here in their luxurious 
home in the Trojan Colony. And just here I am 
reminded of a clipping taken from the Washington 
Post, and which I most cheerfully give a place: 

" Senator Murphy of New York is one of the most 
interesting men in the Senate. He is a worker, not a 
talker. He has not made a speech since he took his 
seat. He never obtrudes himself upon public attention. 
His seat is away over in the corner of the Senate cham- 
ber, at the further end of the rear row, where he can 
almost touch the white and gold wall of the room with 
his hand. 

" It is indicative of the character of the man that 
every senator on both sides of the center aisle has found 
his way to Mr. Murphy's desk. There is no man in the 
Senate more popular than Mr. Murphy. Even the men 
who disagree with him in politics love to sit down with 
him, listen to his well-told stories, and catch something of 



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The Memorable Season of 'Ninety-Four. i Zj 



which takes its place in the Saratoga Calendar as 
Floral Day. It is to take place annually, and be- 
comes an added attraction to the already manifold 
entertainments which go to make the greater and 
grander Saratoga ; and closing each year as this 
with a ball which makes a social function worthy 
to be called a climax of the great festival, it will 
justify my quotation of these appropriate lines : 

" For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes 
Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise ; 
Poetic fields encompass me around 
And still I seem to tread on classic ground." 

It is not a little curious to recall the importance 
of Tuesday over and above all the days of the week 
during the month of September. The German god 
for whom Tuesday was named ought to be proud 
that the Floral Fete, the Knights Templars' Assem- 
bly, the Convention of the People's Party and the 
Democratic State Convention, besides the Unitarian 
Conference of the nation were all held on that 
favored day. 

The fifteenth biennial Conference of the Uni- 
tarian Church, as well as the Assemblies of other 
churches, is in session here, and they have naturally 
brought to the village many distinguished persons, 
among whom may be mentioned United States 
Senator George F. Hoar, Rev. Edward Everett 
Hale, Rev. Dr. George I. Chaney, Rev. Joseph H. 
Crocker, and Prof. Francis G. Peabody of Harvard 
University. 

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The Memorable Season of 'Ninety-Four. 189 



" The romantic marriage of Mr. E. Berry Wall and 
the beautiful Miss Melbourne, has been all the talk of 
all Washington. It was a genuine surprise and took 
the friends of both parties off their feet. 

" Mr. Wall has been in and out of the Capital fre- 
quently for a year past and his attentions were delight- 
fully distributed among the belles, and they thought 
they had him safe for another society season in their 
charmed circles, where the women are many and gal- 
lants are few and not to be despised. Mr. Wall was 
popular with the fair sex and most of them were proud 
of him as an escort upon the race-course, the theatres, 
or an evening's entertainment. 

" Miss Melbourne returned only a few weeks ago 
from a six months' visit to her sister in London, and 
as Mr. Wall had not been abroad and had not been 
attentive before her departure, it is rumored that the 
courtship was short and sweet. 

" Mrs. Wall made her first appearance in society last 
winter. She has a fine, well-trained voice, and this gift, 
added to her fascinating face and winsome manner, won 
her many encomiums last season. She is tall and stylish 
and dresses with exquisite taste. Her hair is a rich 
brown, with glints of gold. Her eyes are dark blue and 
large and intellectual. Her eyebrows and lashes are black 
and contrast charmingly with her golden crown of tresses. 

" Her pretty mouth is full of sound snowy teeth, which 
she displays with her sunny smiles. She is about 5 feet 
7 inches in stature and carries herself regally. She is 
about 19 years of age. While in London she was the 
cynosure of a coterie of ardent admirers. She was at 
the reception given by water-color artists last spring 
and the Prince of Wales was so struck with her beauty 
and brightness that he asked to be presented. 



•"Tying her Imnnci under her chin 
Sh ■ ' - *--t within.' 

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Army, -- ■ . . ;•• • ~ .\.'* 

Mr. and Mr» Wall came to u< in Saratoga «.« bride 
and groom, the bride a virion of girlish beauty. 



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Among the Jewish jnir^^ thU year there are *ome 
excellent families, v. 
States as regularly . • 

and I mo*t cheerfully say that they arc as fine a 
people as I ever came in contact with. They have 
become not only very prominent but very profitable 
patrons at the Spa. But there is often to be ob. 
scr>ed in this countr>'. as in other lands, the same 
intolerance in public opinion toward the Jewish 
pr^T>?r ! n frir* •'> be lamented and condemned. 
■ usefulness will always compel 
r counlr)', however, without dis- 

tinction of creed or race. And may the following 
incident become an example to all religious sects in 
America : 

"T ' and Jews of St. Louis dwell in a state 

of rtl , raonv that is beautiful to behold, and 



The Memorable Season of 'Ninety-Four. 191 



should serve as a lesson to those whose apparent mission 
in life is to belittle sombody else's creed or opinion. 
For almost two years, while erecting a new synagogue, 
the congregation of Temple Israel held their services in 
the First Christian Church. In acknowledging the gen- 
erous courtesy, Rabbi Sonneschein sent Pastor Barthol- 
omew a very graceful letter, including a blessing upon 
the church which opened its doors to the Jews. ' This 
your kindness,' he said, ' was one more of those precious 
links in the golden chain of mutual recognition which 
under the fostering arms of true American civilization 
reconciles the disciples of Moses and the disciples of 
Jesus. May this godly spirit increase as the years roll 
on. May this Eternal Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, 
bless your church and all your hopes and plans. For 
my brethren's sake, and friends' sake, I bespeak peace 
for thee.' " 

I could not close this chapter in a happier and 
truer way than by giving this good-bye to Saratoga : 

" Another beautiful Summer has gone, and Autumn, 
wrapped in her misty robes and haloed with a crimson 
and golden glory, comes over the distant hill-tops to 
linger a little while in our midst, like a beautiful shadow 
of the Summer which has flown, and to which we must 
bid a sad adieu when stern old Winter comes at last. 
The time has come to say good-bye to Saratoga. The 
gay season is over, and only bright memories of all the 
brilliant scenes which have just passed, come to take 
their place. But go where you will, in Europe or Amer- 
ica, there is no other Saratoga, no other place which 
offers so much to the Summer guest, whether he is in 
search of health, rest, or pleasure ; for Saratoga is all 



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CHAPTER X. 

SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT EVENTS IN THE 
SOCIETY WORLD. 

IN writing this chapter of my reminiscences of 
Saratoga, I shall let political events take pre- 
cedence of social life for the moment, and 
refer to the advent of Honorable Levi P. Morton as 
Governor of the Empire State. The inauguration 
took place here in Albany, Jan. ist, and the cere- 
monies included a public reception at the State 
Capitol and open house at the Executive Mansion ; 
and the occasion was delightful in every way. 
Palms, flowers, soft music, bright eyes, glad greet- 
ings, and, pervading all, an atmosphere of cultured 
refinement conspired to produce a scene which must 
have made the hallowed walls of the fine old man- 
sion swell with pride. 

" Bright the lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. 
A thousand hearts beat happily." 

And each new-comer was greeted with a warm 

pressure of the hand by the Governor, while Mrs. 
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Morton added a smile which increased ten.fold the 
wannth of •' ' me. 

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l.\ a: ijtive, consists oi the foil ; officers: 

Col. E. A. McAlpin, of . ^ . ^. AdjuUnt- 
General and Chief of Staff, with the rank of Major- 

General:! * ' ' Frederick C. McLewec, 

of Nov V tl. with rank of Brig- 

r. U. S. v.. 

. and Chief 

of Ordnance, to succeed ihc procnt incumbent at 

the close of his term in Fcbru.irv. with the rank 




HON. LEVI P. MORTON. 



Some Prominent Events. 195 



of Brigadier-General ; William C. Wallace, of Brook- 
lyn, Judge Advocate-General with rank of Briga- 
dier-General ; M. O. Terry, M.D., of Utica, Surgeon- 
General ; Colonel Edmund Hayes, C. E., of Buffalo, 
Chief of Engineers ; Howard Carroll, of New York, 
Chief of Artillery; W. S. C. Wiley, of Catskill, 
Quarter-Master-General ; Colonel James M. Var- 
num, of New York, Paymaster-General ; E. C. 
O'Brien, of Plattsburg, Commissary-General of 
Subsistence ; General B. M. Whitlock, of New 
York, Inspector-General of Rifle Practice ; — all these 
whose rank is not added having that of Major-Gen- 
eral. Archibald Rogers, of Hyde Park, Charles 
Francis James and John Jacob Astor, of Rhine- 
beck ; George W. Turner, George Bliss Agnew and 
Herbert Livingston Satterlee, of New York, were 
selected to represent the State Militia on the staff, 
which, as a whole, is at once dignified and popular. 

It gives me much pleasure to say that if Governor 
Flower had been turning over the State government 
to a successor of his own political faith, as he un- 
doubtedly would like to have done, he could not 
have been more polite in his demeanor and more 
hearty in his congratulations than he was to Gov- 
ernor Morton. 

From the many descriptions of the inaugural 
ceremonies, with its social additions, I append the 
following : 

" Governor Morton shook about 3,000 hands, but 
he did not seem to mind the strain. Colonel Marvin 
stood at the Governor's side and ascertained the name 



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were also pre«cnied. 



After the public reception imme<liatciy following; 
'' lup picture was taken 

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two • ! five, V. -t brill- 

iant hany has ever witnessed. The 

wcali , — :, and a general feeling of con- 
tentment %vas visible everywhere. The mansion 
was beaut if iill> ' * ! with palms and ferns, and 

from all the ; cs and lilies and violets 

smiled down al tii^ ■ . and great 

c!'!->t'Ts r»f !i!if< lift > amid a sea 

iir and moss fern. Rare cut 
I' cornice, niche, and bracket, and 

the air was redolent with perfume. 

Just inside the great arch of the drawing-room 
stood the receiving party, the Governor and Mrs. 
Morton, Miss Morton. Miss Lena Morton and Miss 
Helen Morton, Mrs. John Palmer, wife of the Sccrc- 
tar>- of State. Mrs. McAlpin, wife of the Adjutant- 
General, Mrs. Corning. Miss Coming. Mrs. J. V. L. 
Pruyn, Miss Pruyn, Mrs. Mar\in, Miss Marvin. Miss 
Parker. Miss Grace Parker. Mrs. Harmon Read. Mrs. 
Schuyler Crosby. Miss Angelica Crosby. Mrs. Fred- 
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Some Prominent Events. 197 



Oliver, Miss Cora Oliver, Mrs. William Barnes, Jr., 
and others, whose magnificent costumes against the 
picturesque background of dark green palms, pre- 
sented a scene of unrivalled beauty. 

In the doorway of one of the ladies' small rooms, 
opening into the great hall, stood the two youngest 
daughters of Governor Morton, Misses Alice and 
Mary, simply and prettily attired in light gray 
crepon with lace trimmings, and with a look on 
their fair rosy faces that seemed to express a desire 
to be grown up also and mingle among the throng 
of beauties in the drawing-room. 

There was a constant throng of visitors from 
two o'clock until five and the rooms were crowded 
with men and women in handsome costumes. The 
gay uniforms of Gen. Oliver's, Gen. Fitzgerald's 
and the Governor's staff gave the necessary touch 
of gallantry and chivalry to the company, and stood 
out conspicuously in a single line reaching to the 
reception room. Col. Marvin of the Governor's 
staff was master of ceremonies, which office he 
performed in the most courtly and gracious manner. 
The hospitality of the mansion was dispensed from 
tables laden with delicious refreshments, in the side 
dining-rooms, and all the while the orchestra dis- 
coursed sweet music. 

Mrs. Morton wore a superb gown of brocade silk 
with a Worth collar, sleeve puffs and skirt panels of 
heliotrope velvet richly embroidered. Her corsage 
bouquet was of violets, and her ornaments were dia- 
monds and pearls. Miss Morton wore a gown of 
pink satin and white velvet, and a cluster of violets 



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ernor Morgan Lewis, who beat Aaron Burr in the race 
for the Governorship of New York, and there too is the 
house of Nathaniel Pendleton, who was Hamilton's sec- 
ond when Burr shot him dead. 

" From ' Ellerslie ' you can catch the spires of Kings- 
ton, where the Empire State of New York first saw the 
breath of life, and the Federal Constitution was only 
accepted by the delegates after Hamilton and Jay had 
exhausted their eloquence and pleading. 

" Sitting on ' Ellerslie's ' piazza with Mr. Morton, as he 
pointed out the beauties and histories of such a picture, 
I ventured to lead the conversation to his own well- 
rounded out career, which might fill as large and inter- 
esting a picture as the one we were observing. 

" It was on the eve of Mr. Morton's nomination by the 
Republican party to be Governor of the Empire State. 
Trains were rolling by ' Ellerslie ' crammed with enthusi- 
astic delegates to the Saratoga convention. The blare 
of a brass band came up from the river as a special 
slowed up at Rhinebeck station. 

" The nominee was as calm and undisturbed as if a 
village caucus were in progress. He bears his three 
score years and ten superbly. He was born on May 
16, 1824. He stands erect. His ruddy complexion is 
unfurrowed. His keen blue eye is undimned, and he 
would be active were there not a slight trace of lame- 
ness, resulting from an operation upon his foot. This, 
however, only comes from a lack of circulation, which 
the French surgeons say will speedily remedy itself. It 
is to the enforced quiet which followed the operation 
that Mr. Morton attributes much of his present vigorous 
health. His manner, of course, is that of the man of 
the world. His speech is straightforward and devoid of 
affectation." 



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r revolve about 

•iherefore. tliat 1 

■'. 

•'. 
I Mr. 

I' lower, like Mr. Morton, is at once rich ami gen- 
erous, I turn from higher authorities, all of which 
are a^ one voice in praise of these two public men, 
and will give a workingman's estimate of the worth 
of ex-Governor Flower : 

" M.m h ^.it-l t'' he *thr nnhlc^t imrk of God.* To 
! :ne dis- 

t Would 

' -Vt 

.1- , V- 

emplify by hi* works the n 

"H.- -.- .M-„ ,-, ,,■ ^ :::c 

fruits I to be 

*lhc h... . ,. .,..,. ... .... J...,. icw .md 

far between, 

" Wc have an <-- nnd a shining example, in the 

person of our » vemor, who is not content 

with performing ! r.?;ii iiy the arduous duties of his 
exalted ofTicc. He poes among the people instructing 
them how i their moral and material condi- 

tion, and c .idd immcisurably to the financial 

strength ai of the Empire State. 

" He str; r anything, in fact, that 

could even be rciu<jUl> coasirued into self-intcrest. 
The sole ambition of his stewardship seems to be con- 



Some Prominent Events. 201 



centrated in the laudable conception of bequeathing to 
his native state a stainless record, an honored and im- 
perishable fame that will live in the hearts of the people, 
while there remains a citizen to lisp the name of Gover- 
nor Roswell P. Flower. 

" His kindness is perennial, his wisdom inexhaustible 
and his charity boundless. Men of his character and 
life-Avork are surely ' the noblest work of God.' " 

Mr. Flower's recent noble conduct in turning into 
the U. S. Treasury all the gold which he found in 
his possession, as a partial relief to the Government, 
is not the only kind of justification of the working- 
man's praise. There might be gathered many Sara- 
toga chips of his generosity, in all directions, such, 
for instance, as his sending a check of $500 to Rev. 
Dr. Joseph Carey, rector of the Bethesda Episcopal 
Church, to cancel the debt of that organization. It 
is a blessing indeed for the Empire State, and for 
the country, that the two great parties have the ma- 
terial to afford and the disposition to honor two such 
men as these noble, faithful, and beneficent Govern- 
ors have been. 

While we are still in Albany, it will be appropriate 
to add a word about the smart set of the Capital 
City ; and no better illustration of the inner circle 
could be found than in the Corning Ball, given by 
Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Corning for their debutante 
daughter, Miss Harriet Corning ; the event coming 
also just in time to insure the crowning presence of 
the Governor's family. Not only was Albany society 
fully represented, but there were many guests from 
out of town, and the scene was brilliant in the ex- 



302 Ret' 'I. 

trcmc ; the ' ^ extremely rich and the 

gowns wora not been iccn in \ll..»!iy 

for many year*. 

I' '" ' - " " '1 been trans, Mucil 

a; the exquisite effect. 

I 

tl'. 
a: 
tt 
plicity. 

As the guests entered the hall they were U'-)" " ' 
along the corridor, the ladies* drcv>ing-room.s 
at ' • the back of the stage, in the uuj.ti 

dr WW. 

it) 

Morton, and gn talion lor liic j;ue!>ls 

to stop for a :. with the gracious 

hostesses. 

Mr«. Coming looked extremely handsome in a 
Ducct gown of heavy rose pink satin brocade. The 
tniined skirt was bordered with a band of chinchilla 
fur. .ind the ddcollctd corsatjc was trimmed with 
Russian cii studded with ame- 

thysts. Di . her hair, and several 

superb ornaments were caught among the laces and 
fur bandeaux upon her corsage. A spray of French 
flowers in pinkish-red tintings upon the shoulder 
completed the costume. 

Miss Corning looked charming in a white satin 
RoufT gown. The skirt which was made severely 
plain, without any trimming, flared smartly at the 



So)ne Prominent Events. 203 



foot and back, and was made demi-train. The d^- 
collet6 bodice was covered with accordion pleated 
chiffon finished around the throat and pointed cor- 
sage with ruffes of the chiffon, turned under bands 
of pearl embroidery. 

Mrs. Levi P. Morton was in a handsome toilette of 
heavy white satin, made en traine and embroidered 
most elaborately in silver. Diamond and emerald 
stars gleamed in her snowy coiffure, and a necklace 
of the same gems flashed around her throat. 

Miss Morton, a tall, graceful blonde, was in a 
demi-trained gown of rose-pink moire, trimmed with 
chiffon of the same shade and white ribbons. Her 
ornaments were pearls. 

Miss Lena Morton, who stood beside her mother, 
was in pale green peau de sole with bodice and 
sleeves of chiffon. 

Among those present were : Miss Robb, Miss 
Duer of New York, the guest of Mrs. Marcus T. 
Hun ; Miss Norwood and Miss Beaman of New 
York, guests of Mrs. Joel Rathbone ; Miss Hickock, 
of Cleveland, the guest of the Misses Ward ; Miss 
Julia Metcalfe, of Cold Springs, the guest of Miss 
Parker; Col. and Mrs. Barber, of New York, the 
guests of Mrs. Schuyler Crosby ; Miss Thompson, 
of St. Louis, the guest of Miss Alice Martin ; Mr. 
Stott, of Stottville, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will- 
iam Barnes, Jr. ; Miss Fanchot, the guest of Mrs. 
Joel Reed ; Miss de Sanaberry, of Quebec, the guest 
of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Tracey ; Miss Davenport, 
of New York, the guest of Mrs. Erastus Corning ; 
Miss Hagger, of Kenwood, the guest of Mrs. A. 



bt»nc, Gen. 

f jcrril 

N s Jr.. 

Wm. 



Mr. and Mrv Wm. M . Mm. 

S' •• '■ ' •- ' ^'' ■ •.:r. and 

.'•■ Kinu. 

y. K 

I 

Mf^j.v. ; 
c^' -- • >• 

:» li. Mc^iurc. Mr. Archib.ild 

M \V W ]U\: - .;i Dt .-..l Mr*. 

Kdw.ird (» r 

Cox, Mr. a .ii>. I . tk- 

ham, Mr. I v Learned, 

M • Mr. .ind 

.M nard. 

>: Mrs, 

(, .'\bra. 

1 'r. nnd Mrs. 

I . .-:...... 1. Hun. Mr. 

and Mrs, Matthew Hale. Dr. S. B. Ward, the Misses 

Ward. ".-«>.. V ' >• t, .. , M j^ii^, 

Anna I'ruyn, 

Mr. and .M: . I :..: w:> l':.:):!, Mi^ruu;;;:c 1 uwnsend. 
Mr. and Mrs. J.imcs Terry Gardiner. Bishop and 
Mrs. William CrooA( 1! O anc. Miss Gardiner. Miss 
Kirckpatrick, Mr. IVrcv Turnurc of New York, a 







^ ■ -jf 



/ 



HON. ROSWELL P. FLOWER. 



Some Proniinctit Events. 205 



guest of Mrs. Evans ; Mr. George Smith, of New 
York ; Comte de Kermel, of Schenectady, Mr. and 
Mrs. E. C. Gale, of Troy, Mr. and Mrs. Wilham 
Thompson, of Troy, Mr. Hobart Thompson, Mr. and 
Mrs. Dean Sage, Miss Sage, Mr, and Mrs. Charles 
L. A. Whitney, Mr. Henry Martin, Mr. William 
Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. 
Fred. Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Dunkley, 
Dr. and Mrs. Bendell, Mrs. James Greig, Mr. James 
Bulkley, Gen. and Mrs. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. James 
Moir, Mr. and Mrs. Roselle, Gen. and Mrs. Rosen- 
dale, Mr. and Mrs. Cuyler Reynolds, Mr. Winne, 
Mr. and Mrs. John McHarg, Mr. and Mrs. Hess- 
berg, Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook, Mrs. Lintner and 
Miss Lintner, Mr. Harry Pierce, Mr. Harry Peck- 
ham, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford D. Gregory, Miss Farns- 
worth. Judge and Miss Maynard, Mrs. Maynard, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Colvin, Dr. Van Rensselaer, 
Dr. and Mrs. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Leonard, 
Mr. Harry Walsh, Mr. J. H. B. Tipton, Mr. and 
Mrs. R. B. Leake, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Harris, 
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Annesley, Mr. McN. Miller, 
Colonel Williams, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Jewett, Mr. 
Charles Sabin, Prof, and Mrs. Boss, Comptroller and 
Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Kidd, Mr. Pumpelly, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Byington, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Perry, 
Miss Ten Eyck. 

Col. John Jacob Astor, of Governor Morton's 
staff, has a wife who is probably more to be envied 
from a worldly point of view than any other rich 
woman in society. Young, beautiful, and good, she 
deserves her distinction to the fullest degree. She 



wa^ Mt^^ Av.n 1 



ilnHrlphb, until 



tall, having an 
cytr*. dark !• ■ ' 
as well xs 



Ha 






c 


name : 






. '. c 


and of the nation. 


The 


vas Governor in 


the earlier 


half of the c< 


the premier 


o( General 


Grant's 


two 


he won a 


place 


• 


•.• ' • 


.1:1,5 >rAard. These 


two . 






f New York form. 
Daniel 


w 






xtcl of 


Amcr 








The 






the Hamilton Fish of 



to^ay is a descr\'ed one from every point of view. 
In the early days of 1895 Society lost its great 
champion. Ward McAllister, the famous leader of 
the Four Hundred. A man of tact, discrimination, 
and dlplr»m;»cy. he left a place rather difficult to fill. 
And • * • me very appropriate to this narra- 

tive : c account of the career and the social 

: that unique character, the biopraphi- 

, .. _; taken from the New York /Wss, and 

the account of his accidental distinction from the 
Tribune : 



Sojue Prominent Events. 207 

" Samuel Ward McAllister, New York's foremost soci- 
ety director and organizer of the Four Hundred, was 
born sixty-four years ago in Savannah, Ga. He prided 
himself upon his Southern birth, the length of his ances- 
try, and of his social success. His blood, French on his 
mother's side, Scotch on his father's, was blue in the 
United States as far back as Revolutionary days. 

" Mrs. Cutler, his maternal grandmother, was a daugh- 
ter of Hester Marion, the sister of General Francis 
Marion, Her husband, B, C. Cutler, McAllister's grand- 
father, was High Sheriff of the County of Norfolk, in 
Massachusetts. The Cutlers were of Dutch origin, and 
their family tree runs back for over two hundred years. 
McAllister claimed kinship with the Princes of Boston, 
and the Appleton family, of the same city. He was also 
related to the Paterson-Bonaparte family, the Parkers, 
and to President Timothy Cutler, of Yale University. 
One of his aunts married Dr. John W. Francis, author 
of Old New York. Another married Samuel Ward, of 
the banking-house of Prime, Ward & King. 

" Mr. McAllister was, therefore, cousin-german to the 
late Sam Ward, and to Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, as well 
as to Mrs. Luther Terry, of Rome, the mother of Marion 
Crawford, the novelist, and to Lady Frazier, wife of the 
British Minister to Japan. He was also connected by 
marriage with the Astor, Chandler, and other well- 
known New York families. 

** Hugh McAllister, his paternal grandfather, was 
United States District Attorney for Georgia during 
Washington's administration. His father, Hugh Ward 
McAllister, was United States Circuit Judge of Califor- 
nia, the predecessor of Justice Field, while his brother, 
the late Hall McAllister, stood at the head of the bar 
on the Pacific coast, the McAllister family being among 



rank of ^ ■'% mother it 



tr 
I.. 
I. 
M 
doubt attributable to his French descent/ 



a! 
r> 

- count for much in Savannah in 

.1 .. , . 

M 1 

I. 

a- 



a: 

t' 

^>- . 

lie market ever> i the provisions 
for the house. I: , red his practical 
and thorough knowledge of all game, fish, and vcgcta 
bles, the seasons of the year in which they were most 
palatable, and the most dainty manner of cooking ihcm 
1" • '■ r. he wanted to see everythi- - - - 1 ■• ' >•'• » •'>• 



Some Prominent Events. 209 



and his vigilance did not end when it was ready for the 
table. 

" Leaving Savannah, he settled in Newport, R. I., and 
made the fashionable popularity of that place. He was 
a leader of modish folk by nature and training. It was 
at Newport that he originated the picnics which made 
him famous. Though rarely boastful, he used to say 
that the food served on those occasions could not be 
matched in the world. A single pie was known to have 
cost $100. What was in it no one but Mr. McAllister 
and his sworn ally, the cook, who prepared it under his 
supervision, knew. To him wines were as plain as the 
letters in a book. He knew their history, the philosophy 
of them, and their worth, to the fraction of a dollar. He 
knew the rare vintages, and he could tell on the ends of 
his fingers the few private houses the world over where 
they could be found. No buyer in the world knew more 
about wines than Ward McAllister. 

" Professionally Mr. McAllister was a lawyer. He was 
graduated from Yale, and went to San Francisco in the 
fall of 1852. Western life, which was then crude, did 
not satisfy him and, after practicing law awhile with 
Hall McAllister, his brother, he came east and married 
Miss Sarah Gibbons, a lady of wealth and good position. 
Then it was that he settled in Newport. His habits 
were very regular. He rose at 9 o'clock, breakfasted at 
9.45, went riding or walking at 11, looked after business 
affairs from 11.30 to i, took lunch at 1.30 sharp, and 
dined at 7. 

" His favorite amusements were whist, billiards, and 
small talk with friends. He cared little or nothing for 
the theatre or opera or public amusements of any de- 
scription, although he sometimes attended the opera. 
He was 5 feet g^ inches in height, and weighed about 



Kray. tnd 



tome. 

"Uif.! \I. Vlli.'rr »ill \c « i.!cl\ n.i»%c<! ifj tl.r . 1 ;1.». 

AH'! 

hi* 
he 



Or 
WA 

apr 
•I 
Ih 
lif'^ 

o\ <■ 

%€' ■ ' i ■ 

d..: 

all 

he , •- 

eluding ihc which he 

managed. "I ' ' ' "'"^ 

of Mr. McA 
fashionable s tt, mc iuu>t i»uvr» ii» 



Some Prominent Events. 2ii 



the Patriarchs' assembly invited whom they pleased, each 
one having ten cards to distribute, and Mr. McAllister 
merely kept a list of such invitations as were accepted, 
in order to prevent duplications, and to give the names 
to the newspapers. There would usually be some few 
invitations unused by subscribers, who would give them 
to Mr. McAllister to dispense, and these he distributed 
among aspiring young men and others. Thus it was 
that Mr. McAllister was supposed to hold the ' Open 
Sesame ' to New York society. 

" A short time after the famous interview was printed, 
Mr, McAllister met in Fifth Avenue the Tribune re- 
porter who wrote it, and greeted him with beaming 
smiles. He said that he had heard echoes of his saying 
from as far as the Sandwich Islands already, so quickly 
did the ' Four Hundred ' circulate through the press. 
Evidently he was hugely pleased over the notoriety, and 
he said he meant to stick to his dictum. 

" Mr. McAllister was faithful in observing the outward 
formalities appropriate to a leader of fashionable life. 
He cultivated an old-time courtliness, of a French, 
perhaps, rather than English school. In this his South- 
ern birth and French blood came in play. He entirely 
disassociated his business from his social life. AVhile he 
was interested in piers in the lower part of the city, and 
as a lawyer managed several estates, he always posed as 
a man of leisure. He walked up Fifth Avenue with a 
fresh flower in his coat at the same hour invariably every 
afternoon. His mustache and imperial always had the 
correct courtly point. He was past master in the art of 
cutting people dead. An ordinary business acquaint- 
ance, whom he would greet affably in his downtown of- 
fice, he would pass with a cold stare on his walk to the 
Union Club. He declared that he would not recognize 



2 1 2 RfmiMiutm^es of Saratoga. 

plebeian people i was considered a 

f, ■ • • ■ 



i »utt of piirjilc and scarlet were of course 

. .. iicc. Had Mr. MrAllister been bom in a 

lower station, he would have shone as a prince of chefs 
or a club steward. As it was he was a pri"- •• ■• ••• • 
curci. 

** He may have ' - - ' ■ially m 



m^ > ' 



d.iys, when, witi : Mari^ and Dc- 

l.iiuty Kai. :■ of famous 

Iculcr^ tif • many years 

an in\ <1 ii>t as a double star 

in ilif . rrs|>i*r|s he filled the 
ideal of * The UlU Lc 

" ' Till Death the coac lunan tmu lu-d nis sleeve, 
To tell him that the carriage waits.* " 

Much has been written on the subject of ancestry. 
At present there are about thirty-five societies in 
New York, each of which claims to be a sort of aris- 
tocracy founded on ancestr>', and while I am on this 
subject I will insert an article obtained in Januar>', 
1893, on "Crests," as it may prove interesting to 
some of my readers who are members of the societies 
that base their claim for recognition on the matter 
of anccstrv. 




IRA P. WARREN. 



Some Prominent Eve?its. 2 1 3 



" A new and revised edition has just been published 
of 'Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the FamiHes of 
Great Britain and Ireland.' This is a complete and 
authoritative collection of crests and mottoes of 
families not included in ' Burke's Peerage ' and 
' Burke's Landed Gentry.' It will be found to pos- 
sess a peculiar interest for Americans because it con- 
tains the names of a number of American families. 
The number is very small, however, but that fact 
does not take from the interest. 

"The following is the list of American names 
printed in the book. It should be an object of gen- 
uine curiosity, and speaks for itself to those persons 
who are instructed in American genealogy : 

" William Harman van Allen, Ph.D., No. 435 Fifth 
Avenue, New York City ; J. G. Bailey, M.S., M.D., 
Santa Ana, Orange County, Cal. ; Melville Madison 
Bigelow, Ph.D., Cambridge, Mass.; Jeremiah Dev- 
lin, New York City; Alexander John Forbes-Leith, 
New York City and Scotland ; A. D. Weld French, 
No. 160 State Street, Boston, Mass. ; Devons Gilbert, 
Dr. Walter B. Gilbert, No. 15 West Twenty-fifth 
Street, New York City; Rowland Hazard, Rowland 
Gibson Hazard, of Oakwoods, in Peace Dale, R. I. ; 
Hopkins, family of, Maryland ; George Augustus 
Hopley, Charleston, S. C. ; Huger, family of, South 
Carolina; Lindsay, family of, Virginia; McAllister, 
family of, Scotland ; Col. Henry Richard McElligott, 
Union League Club, New York City; Norman L. 
McElligott, Calumet Club, New York City ; Nichol- 
son, family of, South Carolina ; Philipse, family of, 
Philipsburg, America. John Symonds Radway, 151 



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arc : 

Mi \\. \y,.*^r o„ ihc lis, 

said he had | ith the inscr- 

■ • • r family 
hr was 

: '0». 
i in 

.:..- ,.-cns. 
the IS, the Delanccys. the 

Cru^.*.. . ... ^.1.1 i\- ..>^' ..w . -.. the Duers, the Kingn, 

the Hamcrslcys, the Lcroys, the Langdons. the 

' the 

the 
Lav. • hs. 

of N of 

Boston : • -rs. oi Phila- 

delphia nihhr.nses. 



Some Prominent Events. 2i 5 



the Heywards, the AUstons, the Pringles, and the 
Middletons, of South CaroHna. He thought it 
would not be very difficult to prolong the list of 
Americans who had ancestors at least as aristocratic 
as those mentioned in this egregious British book. 
But the hard fact remains that only twenty-four 
American famiHes are recognized in England as 
entitled to use crests. 

It is pleasant to pass from graver topics to wedding- 
bells and recount the marriage of Jay Gould's second 
daughter to the Count De Castellane. The religious 
ceremony was performed at her brother's residence 
on Fifth Avenue by Archbishop Corrigan, and was 
followed later by a civil marriage performed by Judge 
Andrews, amid a paradise of flowers, and " Fortunes 
in gifts worth a King's ransom." 

During the first hours, the wedding had more the 
appearance of an afternoon reception than a bridal ; 
and the buzz of conversation and laughter could be 
heard throughout the rooms. t 

But hush ! What is that sweet voice which burstsj 
forth in melody? The air is recognized as that of 
*' Elsa's Dream," from "Lohengrin," and the voice 
as that of Mme. Rosa Sucher of the Berlin Opera 
House, Germany, but who is now singing at the 
Metropolitan. Immediately all conversation ceased. 
A hush, deep and profound, fell upon the assembled 
guests. Immediately upon the conclusion of " Elsa's 
Dream " the organ and the orchestra burst forth 
into the bridal march from " Lohengrin," 

Now every one was on tiptoe, excited and expec- 
tant. Presently, amid a deep hush, the head of the 



3i6 ■ t ft* fm. 



hridAl pmce^Mrtn 


•!v I3:30 




'.ill. 




f..|. 




r which 




nnd 




ind 


M; 


.:. 


'I 


Isirh followH the crrrmony 


of t 


cu. 


liar 


ct! 


to his attorney'. '' 


T. Uav: 


effect. "W » .^ 


■•"^^ at; ,... 


Ask a J 


: to perform a mar- 


ht. 




! 


to TfTVC but 



cut 

pre asked him to go in judge Beach's 

stcivi. ,.. ..vc Andrews at f" ♦ .<.--i."-..i . ...;„r, jt 
was impossible, but finally c< . en 

!J home, iwi.rc in kh ii<; told 
L-r the matter of cjcttin^ a blank 
mu: " i. 

W :> >Ut 3:30 

P.M. and the was in a great state of 

excitement f' , to have a civil marriage 

might fall through. The Justice assured the bride 



Some Prominent Events. 217 



but a very few minutes, and at his suggestion the 
parties went upstairs to the sitting-room on the 
second floor, and there the simple ceremony which 
declared the two man and wife a second time, was 
performed. 

George and Helen Gould, Attorney Gardner and 
about half a dozen of the guests were all who wit- 
nessed it. The bride and bridegroom signed the 
certificate hurriedly and departed in haste. Justice 
Andrews remained to fill out the papers and gave 
them to Attorney Gardner to file. 

This was Justice Andrews' third experience in mar- 
rying members of the French nobility. He married 
Miss Coudert, daughter of Charles R. Coudert, to 
the Marquis de Shoiseul, and a daughter of Chester 
W. Chapin to the Marquis de la Tour du Villard. 

Taking events in their natural course, it must be 
recorded that on April 3d, Mrs. Paran Stevens died ; 
a woman who, though going to New York City a 
total stranger, quickly became a famous social leader, 
her beauty, wit, and tact winning her almost instant 
recognition. 

Mrs. Stevens was born in Lowell, Mass., about 
sixty-five years ago. She was the eldest daughter 
of Ransom Reed, a country merchant who, fifty 
years ago, was considered one of the wealthiest citi- 
zens of Lowell, as well as one of its representative 
men. The family, consisting of five girls and two 
boys, was a refined and brilliant one, and occupied 
one of the handsomest mansions in town. One of 
Mrs. Stevens's sisters. Miss Fannie Reed, has lived 
for the greater part of the last twenty years in Paris, 



•limisertuts of Saratoga. 

where she is wd I'arisian society. 



?.: •■» 

.1 li fever in 1849. and are today 

J Mrs. Stevens's mother, who 

I • years old, died at her home 

i ■-' . . a re- 

„ ctta— 

^! .J vi|;ui anU uia:iy of her 



i:..: - r. ' y 

were educated at the best institutions of learning, 
^. I .1. -Uwere all of them p ■•■ ' -'v bright and 
I, Mn, Stevens in 1. 1 days was 

, " ind no 

^ n by 

.1 <1 w;is 

I iilc un- 

i Reed was mciuded among the guests, 

...lly was the case. 

Mrs. Stevens met Paran Stevens some time in the 
year 1850. while visiting a school friend in Boston. 
Mr. Stevens was then a widower. His daughter was 
also a friend of the girl to whom Mrs. Stevens was 
paying a visit. Mr. Stevens, who was some years 
older than Miss Reed, pressed his suit with much 
..dor, and after a short courtship the marriage was 



Some Proniinent Events. 219 

celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom 
Reed in Lowell, now nearly forty-five years ago. 
Mr. Stevens died twenty-three years ago this April 
at his home, No. 244 Fifth Avenue, from an attack 
of peritonitis, after a brief illness. He was known 
widely and favorably for his business activity and 
enterprise. He was the first proprietor of the 
Revere House, Boston, and at intervals subsequently 
principal proprietor of the Revere and Tremont 
Hotels, Boston ; the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York 
City, and the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. Be- 
fore the rebellion Mr. Stevens was the head of the 
Battle House, Mobile, Ala. He was a man of 
energy and ability, and though self-made was a man 
of refined taste, and delicate and equitable both in 
his sentiment and every-day dealings. He was an 
enthusiastic patron of art and liberal and just to his 
fellow-men. Just before his death he had completed 
the finest apartment-house in the world, called at 
the time Neo Grec. This building, at Fifth Avenue 
and Twenty-seventh Street, New York City, was 
afterward made into a hotel and named the Victoria. 
Its doors were only a short time ago closed to the 
public through the failure of the management. 

It was not long before Mrs. Stevens's salon was 
the most brilliant in New York. Desirable strangers 
from abroad all found their way to Mrs. Stevens's 
house, where the entertainments were always of the 
most gorgeous description, and in nearly every case 
Mrs. Stevens was the first woman whom foreigners 
desired to know. Mrs. Stevens, with her husband, 
began going abroad early in life, and in 1867 Mr. 



::o A. ,ga, 

mmiMoncn 

I: and M 
liju-c 1:1 luu 

cbiMrrn v !fnTns, 

• :y 

ir 

i lie late General Lord 

e. • r. • • '^ the first Marquis of 

Anglesey, the famous Waterloo general, in July, 
1878. 

The month of May was notab! events, 

\ ;ig the 

iy was 
r*e, Sir 
\ : Wales. 

On ilic other 1 exhortation 

Against putting -u. i... i .. ....-^^ inwicd still an- 
other verification, death came into the intellectual 
rc.ilin and claimed the great archit* ' .ul Mor> 

n- Hunt. 

Oi >f the year, 
if I : ; once more, 
was the great \rKrrcr()mbie Bur- 
den, Jr.. and F! \ , .. ulnMi ..LLurrcd 

in Lenox. Ma.vi.. June 6th. 

The bridegroom was one of lu. i.-.i^ i.. lin. liui- 
den millions, made in the Burden Iron Works, of 
Troy, and immensely increased through investments 
in r<'al c«!tntc. The bride, a daughter of William 
! ' . whom the carpel trade has made 

a :, . . millionaire. Through her mother, a 




LIEUT. -COM. T. BAILEY MYERS MASON, U. S. N. 



Some Prominent Events. ' ' 221 



daughter of the late WiUiam H. Vanderbilt, she 
will inherit a part of the property of America's rich- 
est family. Yet the wedding that united two such 
fortunes was carried out with an absence of show 
which was in striking contrast to marriages of many 
persons of much less social importance. 

All possible devices for the comfort of the guests 
from the time of their departure to their return had 
been made by Mr. Sloane. Two special trains of 
drawing-room cars carried them from the Grand 
Central Station to Lenox, where carriages especially 
brought from New Haven took such as were not to 
be guests at some of the private cottages to the Cur- 
tis House, which, with a number of adjacent cottages, 
had been specially chartered and furnished for the 
occasion. Once there, the guests found that means 
had been afforded them to amuse themselves through 
the day. Walking parties were organized, drives 
were arranged, and for those who leaned to aquatic 
sports the Mahkeenac Boat Club extended its privi- 
leges. Many of the guests drove to Elm Court, the 
Sloane's place, during the evening, to look at the 
presents. 

The value of the presents received by the bride 
has been placed at $500,000. Jewels were in the 
majority. Mrs. Sloane gave her daughter a neck- 
lace of sapphires and diamonds. Mr. and Mrs. Cor- 
nelius Vanderbilt sent a diamond tiara, Mr. and 
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt gave an immense dia- 
mond sun. 

Among the other presents are an empire brooch 
valued at $3,000, a miniature fieur-de-lys of gold 



iratoga. 
studded with tiny diamonds, a pair of opera glasses 
i '• with 



chatcl 


loinc 


- - - .• . - •» 

of seven pieces. Each piece 






.1 complete list of the guests : Mivi 


. W 





cock. Mr, and Mm. Ldmund L. h hve- 

lyn Hurdcn. C C. Rildwin, W. B. ; . .:. Lewis 

Hulcllc. Henry W Hibby. Count Otto Bismarck. Mr. 
atul Mrs. Willum C. Casey, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cass 
Canfulil. H.itnilton W. Carv, Miss Cameron, Sir 

Irs. S. V. R. Cru. 
. Mr. and Mrs. 
U^^.^iii L'-ii.ci. \\u Mi>>^^ Li'.--., Mr. and Mrs. 
Carey. \V. .Astor C iiai.lcr. J. \'. S. Crosby, Brock- 
hoist Culling. WiUiam Cutting, the Misses Ducr. the 
Mi-scs Uclaficld, Doctor and Mrs. William H. 
Draper, Mrs. \V. Earl Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. William 
H. Dinsmore, Richard Harding Davis, A. dc Na- 
varro, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dinsmore, J. Coleman 
Drayton. Miss Dinsmore. William A. Ducr. Chaun- 
cey M. Depcw. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald De Koven. 
Miss Kathleen Emmel. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Eck- 
hout, Mr. and Mrs. F"rederick Edcy, Mrs. W. Cad- 



Some Promi?ie7it Events. 223 



wallader Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet J. Langson 
Ewing, William Van Rensselaer Erving, Robert 
Emmet, Mr, and Mrs. Giraud Foster, Mr. and Mrs. 
F. P. Freeman, Theodore Frelinghuysen, John Ford, 
George R. Fearing, Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, 
Mrs. Field, Miss Mamie Field, Gilbert Francklyn, 
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Graham, the Misses Graham, 
Mrs. H. W. Gurnee, Miss Gray, Miss Gandy, Elliott 
Gregory, James W. Gerard, Mr. and Mrs. Richard 
M. Hunt, Miss Edith Hall, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. 
Hone, Miss Henderson, Mrs. W. E. Hope, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, G. G. Haven, Mr. and 
Mrs. Oliver Harriman, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. 
Howard, Miss Hoppin, J. Arden Harriman, G. Beek- 
man Hoppin, Mr. and Mrs, Bradish Johnson, Miss 
Josephine Johnson, Mr, and Mrs. James P. Kerno- 
chan, Miss Kernochan, Mr. and Mrs, Kissel, Mr. and 
Mrs. Samuel H. Kissam, Miss Ethol Kissam, Miss 
Louise Kissam, W. A. Kissam, Mr. and Mrs. Kort- 
wright, John I. Kane, A. F. Kountze, Mr. and Mrs. 
Grenville Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Larocque, Jr., 
the Misses Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Leav- 
itt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leavitt, Miss Lamontague, 
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg, Philip Lydig, Edward Liv- 
ingston, Goodhue Livingston, Benoni Lockwood^ 
Jr., J. Bowers Lee, Prince Lubecki, Raymond Le 
Ghalt, W. F. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Martin, 
Mr. and Mrs. Fellowes Morgan, Peter Marie, Mav- 
royen Bey, the Turkish Minister, Mrs. Levi P. Mor- 
ton, the Misses Morton, Miss McNamee, Mr. and 
Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Auguste P. Montant, Mat- 
thew Morgan, Jr., George Munzig, Stephen H. Olin, 



:.\\ RemiHtuenffS of Saratoga. 

J Mrv n r Porter, Mrs. Henry C. Potter. 
Mr. and M \\. Parsons, the Mi^^ses Palmer, 

Robert Pc: . .... binder L. Proudfit. Miss Hattie 
Roberts, Mr. and Mr*. Edward Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. 

I. 

son, ?.'. ::. K. Kicli-iui.-.. .Mr. and 

Mrs. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Coleman 

Smith nds. Mr. and Mrs. Will- 

iam K t. Mr. and Mrs. Anson 

riicl;)s Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Shepard, the 
MiN>cs Strong, Haron Santa Anna, Mrs. George 
Turnure, Percy Turnure, Miss Trevor, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. Kennedy Tod. J. Frederick Tarns. Henry H. 
Taylor. Fitzhut^h Townsend. Baron Uechtrilz, R. B. 
\ax\ < <le Villalobar. Miss 

Van 1; . ccks J. Norman de 

R. W Frank Webb. J. Louis Webb, the 

Missc- _ , Miss Louise Webb, Miss Bessie 

Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Wilherbee, Mrs. John 
Wilmerding, Miss Wilmerding, Mr. and Mrs. Gren- 
ville Winthrop, Miss Winthrop, Doctor and Mrs. 
J. S. Woodbur>*. Miss Wickes, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius 
K. Wilmerding. and Fernando Yznaga. 

The following was written on the occasion by the 
correspondent of the Morning Advertiser : 

" When the Queen of Sheba, in Oriental magnificence, 
paid her visit to King Solomon, decked in all the splen- 
dor of her kingdom ; when Cleopatra sailed in her lux- 
urious barge, jewels flashing ever> where, to meet Marc 
Antony ; when the famous historic di.splay on the Field of 



Some Prominent Events. 225 



the Cloth of Gold took place ; when the then handsome 
Victoria was wedded to Albert the Good ; when Napo- 
leon espoused Josephine in a splendor that was almost 
barbaric, all pens were drafted into service to adequately 
describe them. And yet all these people had upon and 
about them everything their wealth could furnish. It 
was all they had. Here is an entertainment equally 
regal, jewels that are priceless, dresses and decorations 
that engaged the best services of the best artists ; and 
yet notwithstanding the miUion spent, there is the con- 
sciousness that such a fete might go on continuously for 
years and the participants be never embarrassed. 

" And yet it is all for an American girl and an Ameri- 
can young man — for Miss Adele Vanderbilt Sloane, the 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sloane, and James 
Abercrombie Burden, Jr.,— both the grandchildren of 
parents who, in their early lives, were as humble and of 
necessity as frugal as are any that now live on the East 
side in New York City. 

"The wedding and its incidents will be an episode 
truly wonderful in evidencing, in a practical way, the 
magical increase of wealth in the hands of so many in 
number, and yet so few in proportion to the masses of 
the people. The whole atmosphere here seems impreg- 
nated with millionaires. There are dozens here who are 
multi-millionaires, and there is not one of the guests who 
is less than a millionaire, and there is not one who is not 
competing with his friends in making the event the most 
unique of its kind in the whole records of history." 

I have already written concerning the social func- 
tions of the Governor and Mrs. Morton at the capi- 
tal, and of Mrs. Morton in particular, as she is so 
well equipped by temperament to dispense ele- 









•>• of the execu- 






;... 


-» to Albany 






with the of it* beat 


.1 
j; 


in::-.- 


.c ircely 


in tiir i.tMU'-nable circles 

>' 

I 

s ad- 

i from 

:. the present adminiftra. 

*atcr mark. 


I - i .. 


.IV .* 1 


i.i. nif ti-\ 


But while 


I am 


1 on thi«i 


subject let me draw an- 


other picture 


and 


quote from the Ik>ston Ptrss : 


•• One of 






of the 


Kuhi». Af, 






Kvan- 


K 






ij the 


I' 






• «in of 


Albany, in re 


gard 


to a no 


It ctanling 


plan of ' dr,>« 


.- . f, 


,,,,,,. r. 


. )..,.., ,n. 


au|{urated <! 








,,( \ > 






.11, »MIV 'li illW IL.IUI. 


.>i:> Sii .\ 


'I ■'■\ 


II . ' 


~ .f the g.iyrst 


society women 


1 in ] 


S*e^^ 


cr of year* 
: lie to practical 
rldlv life for the 



htc u- 

Herh 

She mcni : 

hold the so< 

Albany was a»iuiuslicd ai the sund siic twk. It was 

unprecedented. Society women were surprised to re- 



Some Prominent Events. 227 



ceive invitations to attend ' religious services ' in the 
morning at Mrs. McAlpin's residence. They wondered, 
then they went, and they kept on going. Everybody 
held their breath when the name of one of these brill- 
iant but worldly women was named as a convert. ' I 
want to put in an appeal for drawing-room work,' con- 
tinued Mrs. Strain. ' Slumming is all right, but there is 
just as much work to do at the other extreme of social 
life.' " 

Mrs. McAlpin can truly exclaim with the poet: 

" Asleep, awake, by night or day. 

The friends I seek are seeking me ; 
No wind can drive my bark astray, 
Nor change the tide of destiny. 

" What matter if I stand alone ? 

I wait with joy the coming years ; 

My heart shall reap where it has sown, 

And garner up its fruit of tears." 

Mrs. McAlpin, who was Miss Brandeth of Sing- 
Sing, when at her beautiful home, visits the prison 
and reads and prays with the convicts, personally 
conducting the services. 

In Albany this good lady added many new ad- 
mirers to her circle by conducting the afternoon 
service at the Young Men's Christian Association. 
The hall was filled, and the young men present 
were charmed with her graceful presence and brill- 
iant, fervid remarks. She was accompanied by her 
son, who assisted his mother by making a short 
address. 



228 HCfs of Sarat0gn, 



i).irtncr in Governor Morton's 
b.. .»- .t iy|>c of tlv "'■' ' --'Moncd incr- 

ci tnci bred in New [v Hliss was 

|)t r I . ^ : . 1 i ' ' ' ■ 

his .irquisit. 
b;. 
\\ 

ally. He \ y years with : 
houMTS in l! . ^ , but for many > • 
pa.Ht ban sUkxI in the front rank of American bank- 
ers. I! '• ' red with many enterprises 

in diffr V, chiefly financiaJ, where 

hi ' ! pro- 

{^t inntd 

ami titc >.lu(iitac^ oi his acU-fciuncc. 



t«^ 



^<^ ■■ ^*f 




CHAPTER XL 

IMPORTANT INCIDENTS RECALLED DURING THE 
SEASON OF 'NINETY-FIVE. 



UNE 20th, 1895, the United States Hotel 
opened for business. The Bennetts and Mrs. 



J Augustus Schell of New York were ah-eady 
here, and had taken possession of their apartments 
several days before the formal opening. 

I met the Misses Sarah and Ida Bennett crossing 
the lawn from the dining-hall the first day, and we 
were all glad to see one another. After a friendly 
talk, they were gracious enough to tender me a kind 
invitation to call and see their mother, Mrs. Bennett. 

We soon had among our earliest guests, John 
Gurley Grafton of New York, ex-Minister to Eng- 
land E. J. Phelps, and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKee, 
with their two children, Benjamin Harrison and 
Mary McKee. I am glad to add a pleasant incident 
here in connection with Mrs. McKee. She gave me 
with her own hand a picture of the White House, 
bearing the autograph of her father, Benjamin Har- 
rison. And then, continuing the conversation, she 
229 



230 Rett.: 'at0ga. 



said that she had trictl 


le the ex-President 


to go to Eur ♦' 


' ' ' ' ^cc.■^uMr he 


dccLircd th. - 


. lor him. 


11' 


ui ihc ^icul exodus to 


E 




' • 


' Warren 


N 


v! family. 


Mr. and Mr». J oh 


(»f the firm of 


Rj,.- <-v .vt. r- , 


" ■•'• ''"-^r son 


an 


imcr 



guo:. .It t: 

much to the 

vcr>' Hwcctly uii the tuaiiduh:), o:t liic ^\al:.a lucing 

the lawn. 

The I June 

2Sth; t: ^ .rar>' 

entertainment in the 1 r. On the 26th a 

dance was held in ?' ■" ' the waltz- 

ers extending; the the large 

mi I >trcet. 

. child are cot- 
tage^ U.i .4 : 

When Ml Ed<ion Keith of Chicago ar- 

rived at the ' Keith talked to me in a very 

intcrc-«ti:i ' 1 her visit to Carlsbad. The 

E; was there at the same time, and 

tht Ui;.u.i: ^ iw.Fv e>'ery occasion to manifest their 
deep respect. Even when the Empress came down 
to drink the Spn. " ' . Ic would place 

themselves in a 1 acir hats, with 

ever\- mark of ad: >1k- pAi^scd by. It was 

Thomas Carlyle ^ that "the evolution of 




i 



EDWARD M. KLEMM. 



Important Incidents Recalled. 231 

Eugenie's character is the most marked and sym- 
metrical of any known to history." Eugenie was a 
vain girl. Her youth has faded ; but physically and 
spiritually she is to-day one of the most beautiful 
women in the world. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cottrell and their two little 
daughters, Miss MadaHne and Miss Louise, were 
prominent guests this season. Mr. Cottrell is one of 
the most conspicuous figures in Wall Street. Mrs. 
T. Bailey Meyers and Mrs. Julian James, Mr. Oliver 
S. Carter, of Orange, N. J., president of the Bank of 
the Republic, with Mrs. Carter, were also here. Mrs. 
Carter, by the way, is a most charming lady ; and, 
having recently returned from Carlsbad, was kind 
enough to say that she had thought of me while in 
Bohemia. I had related to her my experiences and 
impressions of Carlsbad last year, concerning my 
visit in 1893. 

Among those who spent a part of the season with 
us were Mr. Henry W. Sage, of Ithaca, Miss C. A. 
Linn, Miss Sarah Pollock Linn and Miss Bessie Wil- 
mot Linn, who formed a very pretty party. 

Dr. Isaac L. Kip, Mrs. Kip, and William V. B. 
Kip, all of New York, arrived June 27th. I am re- 
minded, in this connection, that the Kips gave one 
of the most elaborate dinners ever served in New 
York City, last year, in honor of Mr. T. J. Oakley 
Rhinelander and his fiancee. Miss Edith Cruger 
Sands. The gold service of the family is, without 
question, one of the handsomest in the city of New 
York, and the effect produced by the furnished ta- 
ble was simply gorgeous. In the large gold centre- 



AV' 



I' oi pink ruMTS and white 

U. i 11, iftf r the dinner ; 

and a; : : Mr. and 

Mrs. II...-,..,.,. . ^' - ' 

Mr*. Maturin I. 

t» 

(. 
\\ 
K 
I > at ihc wedding ceremony Mr. i 

r . a married brother of the bride^; 

.» t man. There ha» been, for many years 

|».i t .1:1 unwritten law exclu>' « < . f 

officiating; in any capacity at 

?•'■''' 

«• I 

men uf ihc (.utntnunity »hould rise up and call him 

blessed. 

How the good old times come back again as the 
name of this Queen of Spas is uttered! Here the 
beaux and belles of years ago love to come again, 
with their children, to recount the festivities of the 
halloucd past, which somehow shed a fairer and 
h 
1 

c ■ this popular resort, and they 

ar ^ on in the various walks of life. 

Call the roll of America's great men, and there will 
be few indeed who will fail to respond that they have 
been Saratoga's guests. The poets and philosophers 
of this countr>\ the theologians and scientists, its 
:>tatesmcn, artists, and inventors, all these have tasted 



Important Incidents Recalled. 233 

the famous waters and lodged in one of these famous 
hotels. Every summer brought Millard Fillmore 
here before his adv^ent into national politics. Presi- 
dents Pierce, Buchanan, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Gar- 
field, Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison have added 
their illustrious names to the registers of this great 
resort. 

It was here in Saratoga that Mr. Chester A. Arthur 
met his wife ; and after her death, so many were 
the associations of the past, he could never bear to 
return. The most charming trait in the character of 
Mr. Arthur, was the tender love he bore the memory 
of the wife w4io preceded him to the land beyond. It 
was a pathetic, beautiful phase of his kindly, loving 
nature, and one toward which the mind will more 
gladly turn than to those which were allied to 
politics. 

General Arthur was married in early manhood to 
Ellen Herndon, daughter of the heroic lieutenant 
who, in one of the most noted shipwrecks of modern, 
times, after doing all that lay in human power to, 
save the passengers committed to his care, went 
down on the quarter deck of his vessel, calmly smok- 
ing a cigar. 

Mrs, Arthur, a lovely and amiable lady, died in 
1880, leaving two children, a son, young Chester Ar- 
thur, and a daughter Nellie, her father's idol. 

Mrs. Arthur's miniature used to stand upon his 
table at the White House, set in a finely wrought 
bronze frame, before which, at night, burned softly 
an antique shaded lamp ; an eloquent and affecting 
memorial of her husband's grief. 



2}4 Rfmimiuetufs of Saratoga, 

Tennyson's bereavement, his heartfelt grief for his 
beloved friend Arthur Hallam, drew from him the 
finest verse. He penned hundreds of lines, of which 
all are summed up in the couplet so often quoted 
and not unfrcquenlly applied : 

" T is better to have loved and lost 
Than never to have loved at aJl." 

General Win; t and General Winficld 

Scott Hancock, 1 the sword and cultivated 

here the graces of peace. Sherman and Sheridan 
were not strangers to this summer capital. Webster, 
Clay, Sumner, and Seward were expert samplers of 
its waters. Every Governor that New York has had 
since 1800 has made the acquaintance of the Spa. 
In f.ict. the tendency of notables to come here in- 
creases each season ; and during my twelve years' 
service here some of the very oldest and best families 
of the country have been, at various timc^. fmr 
honored guests. 

Among the more prominent ones I would ikuiic 
the Hon. Thomas F. liayard, ex-Secretary of State, 
and now Ambassador to England ; James G. Blaine, 
ex-Sccretary of State, Judge Gresham, Chaunccy 
M. Dcpcw. Hcnr\' Ikrgh, James F. D. Lanier, of the 
banking firm of Winslow. Lanier & Co., Elliot F. 
Shcpard, William Walter Phelps, and William Wal- 
dorf Astor. 

Ex-Judge MacArthur was also a frequenter of the 
Springs, always stopping at the Grand Union. Mr. 
MacArthur's eightieth birthday is fast approaching, 



Important Incidents Recalled. 235 

but he is one of the old men who is always young. 
He is handsome after the Scotch manner. Tall and 
proud, with a head of classic proportions, eyes that 
might be cynical if they were not filled with kindly 
humor, and a smile of winning sweetness. A head 
of curly gray hair and a mustache and imperial, with 
a certain dignity and grace of expression, are what 
make him resemble those cavahers that Dutch artists 
loved to paint. Toward women he is most courtly 
and gallant. There is no woman who to-day would 
not be flattered by his attention. He remembers 
their little peculiarities, and is an absorbed listener 
to their conversation. This gallantry, however, 
never interferes with his sense of justice. 

Judge MacArthur has known intimately most of 
the great men who have been his contemporaries, 
and is rich in reminiscences, the hearing of which is 
an agreeable experience. 

At a dinner given in honor of Cardinal Gibbons, 
then Archbishop, at which a number of the Catholic 
clergy were present, the Archbishop told a story of 
Choate and Webster which he had happened upon 
in his reading. They were the opposing counsel in a 
celebrated case on the infringement of a patent of a 
certain wheel. Mr. Choate made a long and elo- 
quent speech, devoting much time to pointing out 
the difference between the two wheels which were in 
evidence. By the time he had finished there seemed 
to be no resemblance between his client's and the 
plaintiff's wheel. Webster's reply was very terse 
and characteristic. " Gentlemen of the Jury," he 
said, ** there are the wheels. If you can see any 



irato^a. 



cc between tl 



>rc than I can do.' 



•• Y. 




atcd 


o; 




I the 


> 

a ^ 

asked the A 

unusual tu h.i^ l >; 


i. and 

lo know chat I was 

...cca.sc." ••Really?" 

•* It is indeed interesting and 

...1 a story verified by an c\ ' ;• 


ncss." 






J 
II 


of the ot: 

\' of thr 


h.uJ 


li 

Mr. Choatc, it 


not wish to « 


.. >ngly. 
speak that 



afternoon and h . Mr. MacArthur to use up 

all the time until adjournment. Stimulated by Mr. 
Choatc's ctv • ••' -ins of approval, Mr. Mac- 
Arthur cont until the Judge had said : 
"Mr, MacArtn ir. \\ y -u are nearly at the end of 
your speech we will take an adjournment." " Mr. 
Choatc," said Mr. MacArthur, "was the most elo- 
quent man of all time. Personally he was very 
magnetic, and it was something wonderful to sec his 
great, tall, handsome figure, his eyes flashing fire, and 
hear the volume of eloquence that poured from his 
lips. Now and then he would run his hand through 
his black wavy hair. Yes, he was more magnetic 
than Mr. Webster; at least magnetic in a difTcrcnt 
way," he continued in answer to a question. " but 
not as deep, perhap'^." he added, reluctantly. 

Mr. Charles A. Heaton, of New Haven, a young 



Important Incidents Recalled. 237 

gentleman of leisure, is stopping with us this season. 
His cousin, Guy Heaton, of Washington, D. C, told 
me that Charles's brother, Edward, is the best ama- 
teur boxer in the country. Mr. James C. Cook and 
his daughter Miss M. E. Cook, from Columbus, Ga., 
are enjoying the waters and the mountain air of a 
typical Saratoga June. Mr. John Brooks and Mrs. 
William Baylis have returned to Saratoga ; and Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry Randall, with their niece Miss 
Skinner, and Mrs. Hart, are prominent guests of ours. 
Miss Hannah M. Bennett, of Newburgh, N. Y., Mr. 
and Mrs. John H. Nehr, of Troy, were here during 
most of the summer ; and I found them to be a 
most charming couple, although plain people with 
all their refinement. With Mrs. Nehr I have enjoyed 
many agreeable conversations. Her husband went 
down to Troy every morning, returning in the af- 
ternoon, his business being that of cashier of the 
United National Bank of that city. Mr, and Mrs. 
H. W. Slocum, with their two sweet and beautiful 
children, Gertrude and Nathalie, registered here for 
a month, and present an interesting family picture. 
Mr. and Mrs. Slocum are inseparable. 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Burke, accompanied by 
Master Robert Law Burke, their residence being 
2815 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, are very pleas- 
antly located here. Their manly little son called 
upon me, with his nurse; and I had not seen him 
since he was a "baby new to earth and sky." Mr. 
and Mrs. Burke are people whom it is a pleasure to 
meet; quiet, unassuming, considerate, genial, and 
kind. Since becoming a benedict, Mr. Burke has 



/?/" of Saratoga, 

:nuch time abroad, always accompanied by 
u:> I >ii^rni.il wife. 
Mr. and Mrv A. Scheftel and famtlv. Mrs. John 

Tl. ■• ■ -: -/ • ■ 

1 

t: 

h . .. - 

inar\cla of elegance, while the prettier she 
"« '"- ''-ippy seems the good I>octor. Mr. 
.» 1 M. Klemm. of 1827 Arch Street, 

I h their pretty and accomplished 

i! nma. .ire rccul.ir summer pucst*. In 

.1- I 



K (jr. In ; .c and ac- 

c ^ h.vs a lovi- ,. ion, and I 

venture to say that in their delightful home in the 
fair city on the Delaware happiness reigns supreme. 
Rev. and Mrs. Oliver Crane, of 12 Concord Square, 
Boston, arrived early and remained late : and I hope 
they will return another season. Last year they 
were with us for a short time only, but long enough 
for Mrs. Crane to show me the pretty picture of her 
dear mother. The Doctor and his wife are never 
apart. Sometimes a guest loses his wife in these 
great halls ; and I have often been asked if I have 
seen somebody's wife or somebody's husband, as 
they had missed them somehow. My answer would 
be that it was a common occurrence to h.ivc one 
lose another for a moment in this large establish- 
ment. But the Doctor and his wife were always so 
near together that there was little risk of their being 



Import ajit Incidents Recalled. 239 



lost to each other. The following beautiful lines 
from the Doctor's facile pen will illustrate what I 
have said : 

** TO MY BELOVED WIFE, SIBYLLA. 

*' I would fain as a king to my dear wife bring 

A befitting award of her worth ; 
But the song I would sing is a trivial thing, 
For to her I cling as the fountain spring 

Of my happiness here on earth. 

" We have hand in hand roamed in many a land, 
And have sailed over many a sea ; 
But of all that is grand on a foreign strand, 
And of all that can stand as the heart's demand, 
My Sibylla is dearest to me. 

" As in palaces gray we were wont to stray 
To admire their resources of art ; 
There is nothing that lay in the tourist's way 
That could tempt a delay, or a moment's stay. 
Like her image enshrined in my heart. 

" All applause of the crowned is as empty sound 
To be lost in the air above ; 
For in charms that abound in the scenes that sur- 
round 
There is naught to be found in the wide world 
round 
To compare with the heart's own love." 

Mr. John Sayre Martin and Mrs. Martin, of 260 
Madison Avenue, New York, have not been in Sara- 
toga very recently ; but they have been coming here 



240 Rcmimiufmes of Smraloga, 

icv find a change 

" ttin's cards, 

:c mc. He 

.\ Kit Iwu on their way 

,. •; and it wan then he 

- mc his address. I wonder if Mrs. 

M...;... ♦»• '^'"'•rican Beauty rose I 

placed in ^ nf their departure. 

' ' ' ' not seen for 

:n(» to Mrs. 

ago at 

i in the 

• .It the same 

1 , .1 i:ncron. Mr. 

James English, of the New Haven Electric Light 

Co.. who has been i ' ■' visitor for several sca- 

st>ns arrived here id by Mrs. English. 

Tin \ iri. tiK L niicd Stales Hotel. As 

iM ..;!. r y have with them their fine rig 

til oil tlie ro.id from Bro.idw.iy to Sara- 

every afternoon. The bi^j bay team, with 

• white collars, and polished mountings, 

. ij the stylish victoria, attracts attention in 

the daily parade of fashionable vehicles which are 
always out on pleasant afternoons. 

Mr. Joseph Parker, of the New Haven Paper Com- 
pany, is domiciled at the States; and also Rev. Dr. 
A. D. Lawrence Jewctt, of Nyack, and 1328 19th 
Street, Washington D. C, with his daughter. Dr. 
Jewctt, who enjoys Saratoga life very much, spent 
an evening with Bishop J. P. Newman, who is at Dr. 
Stroll '"s. x\\i\ of course it was a liappy evening. 







REV. OLIVER CRANE, D.D., LL.D. 



Important Incidents Recalled. 241 

Others among our guests are Mrs. Judge E. Wood- 
ward, of Lexington Ky., Miss Mason of Virginia and 
Miss Margaret Preston Duncan, of Lexington. Mrs. 
Woodward is the widow of the late Chief-Justice 
Woodward, of Pennsylvania, although for the pres- 
ent she resides in Kentucky, where she found, after 
her long residence in Philadelphia, the same old 
Kentucky hospitality in her old home, and the same 
beautiful women to dispense that hospitality, the 
same chivalry which has always graced that proud 
commonwealth. Down there everything is dropped 
for a dinner party. If there are visitors a dinner is 
given every day. Guests are brought from Louis- 
ville, from Cincinnati, from even more distant towns. 
The Kentuckian who will not let business take care 
of itself, pack his dress coat into a valise and board 
the cars to go to a dinner party, is not worthy the 
name of a Kentucky gentleman. As soon as one host 
gets through with a visitor others are crying for him. 
They take him from house to house, from dinner 
party to dinner party. The Blue Grass region of 
Kentucky is an emerald on the bosom of one of the 
fairest States in the Union. The people who live 
there take more real enjoyment out of life than any 
other people in the world. 

Miss Mason spoke to me in glowing terms one day 
of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and declared 
that they would rival the Daughters of the Revolu- 
tion. The latter organization was to meet that day 
in one of the smaller parlors ; and when she saw so 
many strange women gathering about the hotel, 
Miss Mason inquired the cause of it. On being told 



Remimuctnees ef Saratoga, 

by mc. »hc made the rc«i ted. Miss 

r> ty.be. 

1. V:y. a 

« I ! ■ , f* 

U tall and queenly in bearing with a manner which 
culture has refined to the point of unusual {^ra* 
ciousneM. Miss Laura Brand, of Louisville, had 

I ' 1 by Mrs. 
\'. 1 her. is an 
a And t) • 

II ('lover, at 

t January; and it 

\<. . . . . _ . ■ . , ■ . 

Mr. William J. Arkell, commonly known as the 
active alert Arkell. drops in upon us every summer, 
with his intcreslinj; family. Ever since he estab- 
1; ■ ■ ^ ' ' ' y for it, he has 

V '• the public by 

l: 

.;/ 
is at the States, accompanied by his daughter and 
Mrs. Hart. 

Others not to be omitted from our honored list are 
William C. A. Ayers, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ayers and 
children. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Ayers and children, of 
M • ': ■ *• • •• • '■ • . Miss 

1 h, and 

Mi>. Aiiiia .M. Luiiivjiii, \<.iviww i.j Ciia.'lt.s^X. Lamont, 
555 Fifth Avenue, New York, who with her family arc 
here; also Miss Anna L. Lamont and Mr. and Mrs. 
James R. Jcsup Th.sc 1 .^r .ilu.ivs st..ni.(J .it the 



Important Incidents Recalled. 243 

good old States, except in 1893 when they stayed at 
the Windsor. The Lamonts and Jesups were always 
welcome guests ; and I can only say of Mrs. Lamont 
that she was one of the sweetest of women, the tru- 
est of mothers, one of the queens of society ; and 
withal a woman of great popularity. Best of all she 
is a Christian lady ; and the dignity and beauty of 
her life, though not displayed for public applause, 
remains a happy remembrance to her multitude of 
friends. 

I recall that early in September Mrs. Lamont, 
Mrs. Jesup, and Mrs. Flagler were sitting near the 
hallway, at evening, listening to the music which 
was located in the Brown parlor. It was rather a 
conspicuous place, but the only available one, being 
where people were constantly passing to and fro ; 
and it was noticeable that many stopped to pay their 
respects to Mrs. Lamont. Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant 
with her beautiful grand-daughter, Miss Julia Dent 
Grant, having been at Bar Harbor as the guest of 
Mrs. Potter Palmer, arrived in Saratoga and stopped 
at the Windsor at the same time the Lamonts were 
at the States. And while there was no resemblance 
between the two yet Mrs. Lamont was often mis- 
taken for Mrs. Grant, because people judged by the 
great number of compliments paid to Mrs. Lamont. 
I was often asked that evening if the lady sitting 
just there was not Mrs. Grant. I remember dis- 
tinctly, a few seasons ago, Mrs. Lamont was about 
to take a seat beside a friend in the corridor, when 
she found that her position brought her directly in 
front of a stranger ; and she instantly arose, such 



.\t4 Ri^tmniuenfti of Saratoga, 

• i»c dclicat ' »mont, and 

u ilh . ■ ' ' ; c 

her. li 

Lilly. 

Miss jul'i.i Gmnt t^ .i tu'cct. w!n<:nmr. ^rntlc girl. 
I . keep 

; ituJ .\n 

1 w the time she was a child 

uii.n MIL %s<ui I . >. Ilia, where she had private 
teachers of noble birth. She studied literature, 
I; ■ the art of pleasing. 

,ind captivatin(» until 

: "" -Ml 

ihi<i se.\son of 1895. of which 1 am writing. 
Mr .in«l Mc. Henry llarkncss Flagler, n/^ Anna 
1. 1 I 1. 1 ., . a, arrived at the States. They were 
marr: ' ' *' ' "^j. Mr. Flagler has taken 

rank est young married men of 

New V .; . nc, without any 

effort, a li >w. if I had the 

words of ihc wuiid at my couunand I could not 
adequately describe the lovely and lovable young 
wife. With many of the beautiful ways of her 
mother, the sister of Mr. Lansing Lamont, she is 
indeed one of the queens of the kingdom of Society. 
It seems but a short time ago that she was known at 
the States 3S Miss Anna. Then came the handsome 
Mr. I'l.i'^lcr. la\ in:: siege to her heart and capturing 
the fair lady. A:u] did I not whisper to him that 
he had drawn a prize ? And may I be permitted to 
say of Mrs. Flagler, that, leaving behind her, as she 



Important bicidc7its Recalled. 245 



has done, the sweet associations of her early home 
and her glad young days, she now takes with her 
into her larger life of wedded womanhood the best 
wishes of us all. From this time we look out to her 
future, and pray Heaven to make it radiant and 
serene. 

I had heard that one of the most interesting feat- 
ures of the Ponce de Leon at St. Augustine, Florida, 
owned by Mr. Henry M. Flagler, was an elegant 
cushioned sofa, located just in front of the office, 
the object of it being to catch guests who fainted on 
the presentation of their bills. My informant was 
unable, however, to find the sofa aforesaid ; and all 
who go to the Ponce de Leon know that they can 
have anything in the way of accommodations with 
corresponding prices, from five dollars to twenty-five 
dollars per day ; precisely the same as at any other 
first-class hostelry. St. Augustine being the oldest 
town in the United States is interesting historically, 
and has been made a delightful spot ; and every 
tourist to Florida spends a few days in the famous 
old town, and sees the most fashionable life of any 
winter resort in the country. 

Judge and Mrs. George P. Andrews were prom- 
inent guests last summer. Mrs. Tremenheere is 
a daughter of Mrs. Andrews, and her husband, 
who holds a position in India under the English 
Government, lives in a style such as the Eastern 
tales of luxury have made us familiar with. 

The famous beauty, Mrs. Burke-Roche, and her 
three children, Frank and Morris who are twins, and 
the daughter Cynthia, are enjoying September at 



246 Krmim'ffmfff pf ^nttttga, 

the Spa. A c- from Narragan- 

*clt. t her 

suti".::. iuctcd 

.1 n, and that Mrs. 

ii . ;... ...1. 

Mr. Theodore HAgaman. of New Haven, with 

M •• . . ^ . ,, ,.^j ^^^ 

.1 
been up at La ■'■' 

widow of the la* f 

Connecticut, who had been a frequent visitor at the 
States up to the season before the Governor died. 
And even after that sad event the widow returned : 
and one day I ' ' Sy a rather tall, 

stately person : cr face covered 

by a heavy crape vtil. A.'icr uUing me who she 
was the lady requested that if any one called I 
should send them over to her parlor in Cottage 
Row. 

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, Miss Bertha Thompson, 
Mr. Richard C. St. John and Mrs. St. John, Mr. and 
Mrs. Edward Van Ness are here. Mrs. Van Ness 
v " .n, one of the old Hudson River 

1 . vc a fine home at 17 Kast 71st 

Slrctl. Ntw Voik City. Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. 
Goodhart arc also here, Mrs. Gootlharl was a Laucr, 
and a sister to Mrs. Wormscr, the latter of whom 
has a pretty little daughter named Miss Edith 
Wormser. Edmund Clark and Grant Clark arc here 
enjoying themselves. " ' ^^' '- ' ^^^ Clark, their 



Important Incidents Recalled. 247 

parents, think very much of their well-behaved and 
pretty sons, as well they may. I see a good deal of 
them in company with their nurse, who seems to 
think as much of them as their parents do. I re- 
ceived a call from a young miss whose name is 
Florence Hathorn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Frank Hathorn, and I told the nurse who accom- 
panied the little darhng of five summers that I knew 
the child's father, Mr. Hathorn, of Hathorn Spring, 
when he was about the age of the little one whom 
he had so kindly sent to visit me. The visit and 
the child's attractiveness brought to mind the 
words : 

" A dreary place would be this earth 
Were there no little people in it ; 
The song of life would lose its mirth 
Were there no children to begin it." 

Mrs. P. V. Fort, of Albany, always comes in every 
season to make a personal call on me ; and I greatly 
appreciate her kind remembrance, as also that of 
Miss Lucy Gage, who not only calls during the 
summer, but on every September 30th to say her 
pleasant ati revoir. I did not see the good lady 
this season ; but she came as usual, leaving her good- 
bye with my assistant, adding the assurance that 
she meant the call as a personal compliment to me. 

Among our September guests I recall Mr. Charles 
H. Voorhis, counsellor-at-law, Montgomery and 
Washington Streets, Jersey City, N. J., and Mr. 
and Mrs. Thurlow Weed Barnes, of New York. 
Mrs. Barnes, who inherited much of her mother's 



was her father's chum and particular 



i.i\ ■■; ..■ >* ij. n at 



u - ..:.i. »,.*. r..,,;i.. •• ck.. » a. 



alter mc." he w 

fu ' " J. I hr j»rt^- 

c .cr of John A 

y 
\ 

th;. ,.... :.- 

I^throp. at her ch 

Avenue. I am .nii ..m. ^n; 

Christine Lalhr. ; way ; for 

*• There if no death ; 

Wh- - : 

Th 

I» l»Ut tMc t.'lf-sM'.i.l '>! I'lC IMC ci\sian," 

We had as visitors to the hotel a couple of la<Hes 
whom it was a pleasure to meet. They attcnl< il 
some of ou: 
I refer to • 

A'. • -i i.i;v.ilc 

\y . firect de- 

scendants oi Uanici L». i ^r to 

students of our histor)' ; a: , ilh.m 

G. Tompkins, a farmer who performed important 
service to his countr>- during the Revolutionary con- 
flict. D. D. Tompkins was Vice-President of the 
: * ~ ' f New York three terms, 

1 the occupant of many 
olhd pla*.*.^ ot liusl duJ responsibility. Of course. 
Miss Cassic and Miss M. H. Tompkins, of whom I 



Important Incidents Recalled. 249 

write, are very proud of their lineage, as indeed they 
ought to be. 

Hon. D. Cady Herrick, of Albany, and Hon. 
Stephen L. Mayham of Schoharie, both Supreme 
Court Justices, are at the States. Mrs. Herrick 
joined the Judge for a few days. Judge Herrick is 
successor to Judge Learned, who was also one of our 
September guests. 

Ex-Judge William Law Learned is one of the most 
distinguished lawyers and jurists in this State. His 
written opinions while on the Supreme Court Bench, 
can be found in great numbers in the New York Law 
Reports. Mr. Learned was born in New London, 
Conn., July 24, 1821, and is a direct descendant of 
William Learned, who came from England about 
1630 and settled at Charlestown, Mass. Judge 
Learned's mother, Lydia Colt, was a descendant of 
John Colt from Wales, another early Massachusetts 

settler. 

Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wadsworth of New York, 
also Mr. William H. Sands and family, are registered 
with us. Mrs. Sands is a daughter of Mr. Jacob 
Lorillard of the well-known family of that name. 
They have with them their two lovely children. Miss 
Anita and Master Harold. Pierre Lorillard, the 
well-known turfman and clubman, is at the Grand 
Union Hotel. He is accompanied by a party of 
four, and thev have one of the handsomest cottages 
in the arounds. D. S. Arnold of Brooklyn is also at 
the Grind Union. Colonel William F. Sinn, the 
popular proprietor of the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, 
is enjoying his first sojourn in Saratoga, and he ex- 



Rrmimiuetues of Saratoga. 

presses himself greatly pleased with the splendor of 

ihi ' ' ! to add 

th > • t.. Sara- 

rvcr 
.h a 
statement would be credited entirely, and so 1 for> 
bear the pun. 

Mr. J. II. Van Antwerp of Albany, and his daugh- 
1^.^ M. c. ... .. ^iij, }Ji\is Martha Stanton, his 

pr. liter, are hotel guests located in 

G'" "■ * i\vn 

in : non- 

str.i" ■> u( oth- 

er> IS so long 

displayed, i >< the .National Savings 

liank of A1L-. ,, ... u an institution scarcely 

excelled by any of its kind. Mr. Van Antwerp is 
indeed a veteran in the banking business, having 
been identified with one bank, the New York State 
N.i' V- He u.. c of the 

on, '>f the \\ P.irk, of 

Albany, and t of 

the Board, i r.ins- 

formation from its barren surroundings to its present 
beauty, he has been honorably and conspicuously 
identified with the progress of Albany. A very 
conservative man, he is looked upon as a high au- 
thority upon ever>'thing connected with the banking 
business. The National Savings Bank is looked 
upon with pride by the citizens of Albany and adja- 
cent towns. 

Mr. H. H. De Leon and Miss De Leon of Charles- 








JOHN H. VAN ANTWERP. 



Important IncideJits Recalled. 251 

ton, South Carolina, are at Congress Hall ; and he 
never fails to pay me a visit, I myself being an old 
Charlestonian. Miss De Leon is as charming as the 
proverbial Southern girl well could be, and is sure to 
find the good time sought for in Saratoga. During 
the morning hour of the music my attention was 
called to a couple of elderly ladies. White hair, white 
caps, sweet faces, a cluster of pretty curls on each 
side of their foreheads, their dress and manner spoke 
of good old times. The two ladies had called on a 
friend, and after I had sent their cards, I remained on 
the front piazza near the doorway. They began at 
once to assure me that the States of to-day was not 
the States of thirty years ago. At that time, said 
one of these dames, the United States Hotel boasted 
of its old families and great respectability .^ It was 
a time when character, position, and standing were 
absolute prerequisites to political preferment ; and 
the social circle was a sealed book. Money at that 
time was not taken into consideration. It was fam- 
ily, position, and blood. How sad it is to reflect that 
wealth has accumulated at the sacrifice of nobler 
things ! At that time few Americans visited Europe, 
and'^uch a creature as a demoraHzed man, wrecked 
by the gross immoralities of Europe, was unknown. 
Now, amidst this terrible exodus to Europe nothing 
except moral deterioration is expected. Tourists, 
as they call themselves, return thoroughly indoctri- 
nated. 

Early in the season, the United States Hotel en- 
tertained at a complimentary dinner four of the 
visiting bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 



Rtm 


'tlafa. 




lodd 




Rt. 




hof 


N. 


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M 


Rt. Rev. 


1)1 


Rev. Dr. 


J- 


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C.t 




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of New 


Y. 




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ri\ 


vcupy iKc 


for . of the 


Robert L. Stuart. 


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.ib«ut sitting in a 


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in the Blue room 


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: the 


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tall 


an 


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couple. 1 heir i! 


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with Master Jan 


-' only two 


years and nine n 


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Wi!» '' 


:>cr. .u.iMt r James is a 


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: and when his grand- 


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put his little 


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baby verse : — 


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And the y. 


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Important Incidents Recalled. 253 

And then with a profound bow the Httle fellow 
bade me good-morning. His grandfather is exceed- 
ingly fond of him, and related to me what had taken 
place up at Schroon Lake. It seems that there was 
a clergyman present at the same hotel where they 
were stopping ; and for some reason or other Master 
" Jimmy " told the minister that he was no good. 
And then when asked what he was, he quickly re- 
plied : " I am a Cuban." 

Mr. Joseph W. Harper, of Harper Brothers, with 
Mrs. Harper and their little grandchild, came to 
Saratoga to enjoy September. The last time he was 
in Saratoga he presented me with a copy of the book 
entitled A Noble Life, by the author of John Hali- 
fax, Gentleman, the author of both being Miss Mu- 
lock. In a conversation with Mr. Harper he told 
me that he had the pleasure of dining with Miss 
Mulock while in England, and found her a charming 
hostess. 

Robert G. Remsen is one of the real old Wash- 
ington Square New Yorkers, who are less in evidence 
of late years than the nouveaux riches. He is one 
of the oldest living members of the Union Club. 
Mr. and Mrs. Remsen with the Misses Remsen were 
season guests at the States until recently ; also Mr. 
William Remsen and daughter. The death of Mr. 
WiUiam Remsen, in March, 1895, threw a large family 
connection in mourning, including the Manices, the 
Webbs, and the Robert Remsens. William Remsen 
was a brother of Robert G. Remsen, and they were 
sons of Henry Remsen who was private secretary to 
Thomas Jefferson. It was only recently that Mr. 
Remsen gave a large family dinner to celebrate the 



Rrmimiseenefs of Saratoga. 

annivers;ury of his birth and wedding;, and to each 

of hi> • ' • . • ' ' • If. 

wilh '; .!. 

fv VCllS 

.1 '; f.im- 



and the City Hall Tark was once a part of the or- 
chard of the old farm. 

Henry D. Brookman and family, of Brooklyn, 
thought that the summer out; ' ' ' a- 

plclc if thcv did not come to > k- 

V. ;. l:i 1863 

1> '.cr of John 

N. i'renticc, ot the i'rcnticc warehouses. They 
had one son, Henr>' Prentice Brookman. and two 
d.i t/htcrs, Mr*. Amory Carhart and Mrs. Philip 
Nile*. The family has long occupied a leading place 
in Brooklyn society. The weddings of Mrs. Carhart 
and Mrs. N ' cicty incidents. Mr, 

Hr«»okmnii • hcilth until a few 

: with bronchitis. 

1 ; 1 not look or act 

like a man cii^iity years oid. Socially he was a 
courtly, polished man. and a favorite among his cir- 
cle of friends. His family was everything to him, 
and nearly all his time was spent at home. He be- 
longed to no clubs. 

Mr. and Charles D. Stickncy were the guests of Mr. 
Spencer Trask at " Yaddo," When the lady was 
plain Miss Hamcrsly, located in Cottage Row. with 
her father, each Sunday afternoon I would send 



Important hicidents Recalled. 255 



all the little children in and out of the hotel to 
Miss Hamersly's parlor, where she taught Sunday 
School lessons to tiny waifs. Mr. Stickney at that 
time came to us bringing his mother with him. Mr. 
and Mrs. William Kraus and their family, Mrs. Sims 
and her daughter Stella usually spend three weeks of 
September at the hotel. They are very quiet people, 
making no display ; but Mr. Kraus with his wife and 
children are extremely happy in each other's society. 
I have remarked to Mrs. Kraus that I would choose 
to be written somewhere after they had all passed 
away this sentiment : "A Family in Heaven." 

Mr. and Mrs. George Wood, of Philadelphia, reg- 
istered at the States; also Miss Margaret B. Thorne, 
8 East 55th Street, New York; Miss Celeste Weed, 
12 East 58th Street, New York. Miss Weed is the 
daughter of Hon. Smith M. Weed, of Plattsburgh, 
and I had a pleasant chat one evening with her and 
Miss Thorne in the small parlor, as I had known Mr. 
Weed in Albany. They remained with us quite late 
in September, and seemed always to be together. 
George J. Appold, of Baltimore, arrived with his 
daughters. Misses Alice, Grace H., and Nettie Ap- 
pold. Last year, among our notable early guests, 
were Mrs. Alexander Brown and her cousin Miss 
Montague, also of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Knickerbacker, of New York, occupy, when in Sara- 
toga, their Circular Street mansion. We are always 
glad to receive a call from them. Charles A. Pea- 
body, of New York, and Philip G. Peabody, of Bos- 
ton, arrived at the Spa ; also Mrs. Andrew Gregg, 
of Baltimore, with her son Mr. Morris Gregg, and 



XT*. 
arc sure to be found at the States every 

Cicero I. Hamlin, of Buffalo, joined hb wife 

' c fortunate 
Mr n C). 

■ ■ r. 
1 (t 

t 1 

< I over rit r<mU to his Adiron- 

\- are old 



he removed with hin (.imily to Long Inland. His 
father \v.i* i •<•-'• , ,,f j^j, q|j Quaker family well 
known on id. Mr. Downing was also a 

r ' ' ' ' •• ' 11^ grew 

I. I when he 

York 
.1 i ruled 

t firm was 

I. . i extensive 

piatcglass inlerciits in Iklgium. Mr. Downing re- 
tired f' •" ' ■ ness thirty-five years ago, and has 
since ly in his home on Fifth Avenue, 

New \ c midst of his interesting family. 

Gcr. .:nin F. Tracy was in Europe this 

year, and did not come as usual to the Springs. One 
is struck by his sturdy appearance, and yd with the 



Important Incidents Recalled. 257 



ease with which he moves, especiahy when mount- 
ing a flight of steps. His hair and whiskers are 
gray, but do not indicate old age. The General has 
had great sorrow in his life, and since the fearful 
tragedy in Washington, which robbed him of sev- 
eral members of his family, he has aged rapidly. 

Mr. John King and his lovely wife and his son 
Jack are in Japan. Mr. King was with us last year, 
but quite an invalid, as we were all sorry to know. 
He is too good a man to suffer, and I trust he is 
better. I remember him when a young man, when 
he was with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and 
he remained in the employ of that company twenty- 
seven years. His kindness to me at that time, and 
the many favors shown me later, are not forgotten, 
and shall always cause me to entertain for him the 
highest respect and the tenderest regard. 

Mrs. Walter Henderson Bryant, of 116 South 
Twenty-second Street, Philadelphia, spent the sea- 
son here. Miss Fanny Payn, Mrs. Bryant's niece, 
is a great favorite, and she is a sweet, gracious, gen- 
tle yoiing lady, having a beautiful figure and charm- 
ing manners. I often wished she would pass through 
the hotel, on her way to Broadway, more frequently 
than she did, for it was indeed a pleasure to receive 
a pleasant nod and a kind word from the young 
lady. Miss Fanny is the grand-daughter of Hon. 
James M. and Mrs. Marvin, and a cousin to Miss 
Henrietta Shoemaker. 

Mr. Edward M. Knox, with his accomplished wife, 
have not been up to Saratoga for a long time. I re- 
member Mrs. Knox when she was Miss Florence 



258 Reminisumcfs of Saratoga. 

Rice, and a beaut ; girl she was. and oh, 

such a singer! \\ c were j^rcat friends in the early 
days of the Clarendon : and only once have I seen 
the I • and she 

\va^ ..ind. I 

ho| ' .^a. 

K I i, never 

missed coming to Saratoga during the racing season. 
He was the prime mover in the organization of the 
Mar>'land Jockey Club, and for nineteen years its 
president. On the turf he was tl. of Gal- 

way, Belmont, and Lorillard. .c colors 

were oft' 1 . .on his 

mothcr'> . ; ander of 

Mar>'land. Lord iialtimore. 

Dr. James Ridley Taylor of 234 East I2lh Street, 
New York, was born in Scotland and came to this 
countrj* when a young man. He was gifted with great 
inventive talents, and these he employed in mechani- 
cal pursuits, which soon brought him a competency 
and finally a fortune. His visit to Saratoga seemed 
to l» to him ; and he especially appre- 

ciate c Lake with a party of friends. 

Mr. and Mrs. George L Amsdcll and the mother 
of Mrs. Amsdcll, all of Albany, were at the States in 
1890: but they have never returned, although they 
are frequent guests at the Grand Union. It was 
very sad that Mrs. Amsdell's dear mother passed 
away so soon, after leaving us in apparently good 
health. It is the memory of that event, probably, 
which has prevented their return. Mr. Amsdcll is a 
whole-souled, kind-hearted man. Life seems to have 



Important Incidents Recalled. 259 



no melancholy side for him ; and he always has a 
good and kind word for you and is ever ready to do 
you a favor. 

Addison Cammack, Esq., and Mrs. Cammack with 
their lovely boys, have not been here this season, 
nor Mr. Clarence A. Postley of 817 Fifth Avenue. 
They are usually found in Cottage Row every season. 
They are very much missed. Mrs. A. H. Allen, 220 
Beacon Street, Boston, sojourned with us for a brief 
time ; a friendly lady, contented and happy and dis- 
posed to make every one around her share that 
happiness. 

William H. Chapman never missed coming to 
Saratoga unless he was abroad. A bachelor of 
bachelors, he is nevertheless very popular with the 
fair sex. He is looking as young as when I first 
knew him. I asked him this season how he managed 
to keep back the hands on the dial-plate of time. 
His name was the first to appear on the register of 
the Windsor Hotel, New York City, when that 
hostelry began business, and he is still making it his 
home. 

Mrs. Perry and her niece Miss Josephine C. May- 
her, of Bridgeport, Conn., are here ; and I can hardly 
say enough in their praise. Mrs. Perry is truly an 
excellent lady, refined in her tastes, exquisite in her 
manners. Miss Josephine, as I called her, is very 
friendly. She is a most pronounced type of Ameri- 
can girlhood, and has the charm of speech to make 
her individuality felt everywhere ; and, adding her 
exquisite taste in the matter of dress, she captivated 
even the society of Saratoga. Mr. Peter Marie and 



26o KtmiHiscmtfs c/ Saratoga, 

Mr. George W. Elder and family are also here. Mi&s 

I ' ' ' " ! > . mding in figure, with 

: il.irk hair, takes her 
•.nd hA<i a host of 

i • m this connection, Calvin 

S. M . . ^idcred the house physician 

in the United 1 is explicitly endorsed by 

r!*- hotel aulli'Mii.v .. His circular reads: "The 
rn, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, New 
\«'rk. J.' ■ V . Room 403, United States 

Hole!. S.i . N. Y., Office hours 12 to 

I ^J. and o io 7 1 .M. Dr. May and his wife and 
• rrr TiTf' not only honored for the Doctor's 
jj. and for the social status they oc- 
- , „.i, but they are an exemplary Chris- 

tian family, happy among themselves and respected 
by every one around them. 

Mr. Fred. Sterry, who has become so well known 
to the tourist public by means of his management 
of the Lakcwood. at Lakcwood, N. J., and the hotels 
at Mot Spring-^, in Virginia, is to assume direction 
of the New Palm Hcach Inn, Lake Worth, which 
uhcu completed will be the latest addition to the 
V\ >rida Coast Line. The Inn will open in Decem- 
ber, and not close its doors until May. Mr. Sterry 

is probably '^ ■ ' ♦ ..r .,^r;,.» >r of ^ hotel in the 

country. 

When Mr. >:cm\- .i:m ni-> v.iic mailed for Gibraltar, 
in 1893, to make a tour of Spain. France, Italy, and 
Switzerland, the President of the United States, 
Mr. Cleveland, gave him letters to the American 




CALVIN S. MAY, M. D. 



Important Incidents Recalled. 261 

consuls, insuring him all courtesies that could be 
extended to a traveller. 

There is not a man anywhere that does not revere, 
admire, and love womanhood. The sweetest pictures 
of womankind have been drawn by men ; and the 
noblest praise of woman has been uttered by men. 
Pardon me what I am about to say of Mrs. Sterry, 
formerly Miss Cleveland, daughter of Frederick 
Cleveland, of Albany. 

The lady is plain of face and dress, in manner un- 
assuming and modest, but always remarkable for 
her refined beauty, her grace, and the sweetness of 
her disposition. If ever there breathed a noble 
young woman ; if ever there lived a devoted wife, 
that woman and that wife is Mrs. Frederick Sterry. 

Apropos of hotel proprietors, a most graceful com- 
pliment was paid to Mr. Warren F. Leland, proprie- 
tor of the Ocean House at Newport, when some of 
the leading citizens honored him with a banquet and 
presented him with a beautiful silver punch-bowl. Mr. 
Leland has managed this swell hotel with growing 
success for two years, and the demonstration was in 
appreciation of his value to Newport as a summer 
resort manager. 

Congressman Melville Bull presided, and proposed 
the health and continued prosperity of Mr. Leland, 
the guest of the evening, who responded felicitously. 
The punch-bowl was then presented, and, although 
greatly surprised, Mr. Leland made a very fitting 
response. The bowl is inscribed as follows : 

" Presented to W. F. Leland by his Newport friends, 
Sept. 12, 1895." 



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stay> iw 
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honors. 



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to New York City 



•M;. ..rui .Ic in Sep- 

tember at . . .. »t the pala- 

tial villa of Mrs. A. Scott Cameron. Mrs. Barclay, 
wiih her maid, came up on the piazza of the hotel, 
and after shaking hands commenced an animated 
conversation about the good old times at the Claren- 
don Hotel in this village, where Mr. and Mrs. Jonas 



Important Incidents Recalled. 263 

Phillips and their three boys were also summer 
guests. After I had kindly inquired about the fam- 
ily, Mrs. Barclay informed me that Mr. Phillips was 
dead, Mrs. Phillips was as pretty as ever, and Angelo, 
the eldest son, had just been made a benedict, mar- 
rying a Miss Taintor, an esteemed young friend of 
Mrs. Barclay. Just then Mr. Barclay put in an ap- 
pearance, and his wife told him we were talking 
about the times long before she became his happy 
wife. 

No guest ever entertained at Saratoga Springs ex- 
celled Mrs. J. Searle Barclay in popularity. There 
is a charm about her personality that makes her wel- 
come in any gathering. Always a " Beauty," not 
only in face and figure but in the attractiveness of 
her kind ways and pure heart, possessing a large 
measure of her mother's tact and gracious manner, 
I might truly quote Cowley's lines : 

" The fairest garden in her looks. 
And in her mind the wisest books." 

Mr. and Mrs. Ruggles could always be found at 
the Spa every year, and for several seasons occupied 
a cottage on upper Broadway. It is not so long since 
Death came into the family circle and with gentle but 
relentless hand removed the much loved and honored 
wife of Mr. H. M. Ruggles, and the dear mother of 
Mrs. Barclay. 

It might truly be said of the late Mrs. Ruggles : 

" None knew her but to love her 
None named her but to praise." 



264 RttHtHiicencd 0/ Saratoga, 

Mrs, C. M. > mother of Mrs. Guneron 

nrrJ n! 1 r f ! of New York, very often 

the hotel and joins a bevy of ladies 

; hour of music. It gives me great 

j.'.i IS :: t , sec that Mrs. Sewall is at v. ce served 
u»th • ' - 'cat. I have often told the lady 

th.tt tnc awaited her. and that the 

■ ■ . would 

: >r her. 
S . . :! lioia ihc familiar 

II UNcrv I : pJy to Mrs. Sew- 

all: ' 

" I •••'- '-- !-. of kindness, 
! of love, 

' !rn, 

! ■ C. * 

On the 2«th nf 5^ptemher one of the cosy par- 
lors of t! 'cl was the scene of a 
htlccl an . y party." The party 
was given by Mrs, S. U. Ladwcll and Miss Ida Ben- 
nett, of New York, under whose direction the event 
was a pronounced and pleasant success. 

The guests were : Mrs. W. H. Hanson. Mrs. 
Linsly, Mrs. Bogert, the Misses Bogert, Miss Sarah 
Bennett. Mrs. Stewart, Miss Wilcox, the Misses 
Nash. W. D. Ellis. Dr. Cochrane. J. Warren Nash. 
Dr. W. E. Swan, the Messrs. McConihc, George 
Stuart Smith, and Frank A. Burd. 

The first prize for the ladies was awarded to Mrs, 
Hanson, and first prize for the gentlemen to Mr. 
Ellis. The ladies' booby prize fell to Mrs. Linsly, 



Important Incidents Recalled. 265 



and the gentlemen's to Dr. Swan. The winners 
wore their honors gracefully. 

Informal dancing followed the party. Mr. Smith 
presided at the pianoforte. At the conclusion there 
were refreshments served. 

On October i, 1895, the United States Hotel 
closed its doors for the season. Mr. E. H. Bennett 
and family, who were the first arrivals at the begin- 
ning of the season, were the last to take their de- 
parture. 

On the 2 1 St of October, news was received from 
Paris of the death of John W. Mackay, Jr., who was 
thrown from a fractious colt in a steeplechase race. 

Mrs. Mackay maintains an extensive establish- 
ment in London and has a magnificent country es- 
tate, I believe, in Berkshire. John W. Mackay owns 
many millions, and mines that will produce many 
more, and he would have given them all to save the 
life of his son. I never knew a father to be more 
devoted. What a strange world it is when a young 
man with so much to live for, and with so many 
opportunities for doing good, should be killed in the 
very beginning of his career by a fall from a horse ! 

John W. Mackay has ordered from a Lorraine ar- 
tist a full-length statue of Joan of Arc, to be given 
to the Province of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. It 
will be erected, probably, in the chief square of St. 
Nicholas-du-Port, where Joan of Arc came, in 1429, 
to beg the aid of the patron of Lorraine. In doing 
this Mr, Mackay is carrying out a promise made by 
his son. 

Speaking of statues, I am reminded that in the 



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Cc ■ M.try, * ' 

of 

cir 
Mar>'. 

in »^< „-., 

W 

1 '^^uc on A VlMi .li « r.* iiti.iit. , 

O'; . the wife of Hon. James M. 

M • 

Ri 

m ltd ail L. 

W<■: ■ . „ ■ • . c. 

•* Thr rh.an-r!rtt orMt nf hrr fntrhf'.t! !ifr tra< lore. 

i . ■ 
She ne'er irom woman's holiest, ioUiest dut 

I itc to thcmcmoiy of ^ tiublc 

a 

:c lion. G« • 

.. . II, Miss Cj:.v. 

Davis, daughter of Senator H. C. Davis, of West 
Virginia. Miss Davis is a sister of Mrs. Stephen B. 
Mlkins. Miss Batcheller has also as guests at her 
beautiful residence on Circular Street, the Misses 
Baldwin, of Detroit, daughters of the late cx-Gov- 
emor Ikildwin of Michigan. The family were for- 
mer guests at the Slates when the Governor was 
living. His family then consisted of himself, Mrs. 
Baldwin, and three daughters. I cannot omit to 
mention that Miss Batchellcr brought the Misses 



Important Incidents Recalled. 267 



Baldwin into the hotel, accompanied by Mr. Walter 
Bliss, and did me the honor of specially calling on 
me. 

Mrs. Judge Batcheller, who was a Miss Cook, of 
Saratoga, daughter of Hon. James M. Cook, has 
been known to me since she was but a school-girl. 
I also knew her father and mother, who were distin- 
guished types of the best product of American 
citizens. 

Mr. and Mrs. Batcheller have a pleasant home en- 
livened by the charms of true domestic life, and it 
is with pleasurable emotions, therefore, the family 
come back to the scenes of early life and to their 
dear old home after performing the duties of official 
life abroad for so many years. 

Comparatively few men move along the current of 
life so serenely or with so little ostentation as Judge 
Batcheller. He is modest in his deportment, true in 
his friendship. His private and public career has 
been characterized by sterling integrity, high honor 
and unfailing fidelity to the important trusts com- 
mitted to his care. Still higher emoluments will 
doubtless come to him to crown a life already so 
strongly marked by faithful public service to the 
State, the Nation, and to the political party of which 
he is a consistent, loyal member. 

Welcome, thrice welcome " Home ! " 

It is some time since the Donnells were here. 
The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel J. 
Donnell and their charming daughter Florence, and 
they were always welcome acquisitions to our elite 
social circles over in Cottage Row. The last time 



268 >ga. 

they c.imc to the States, in a conver!>sation with 

Mrs. Donncll, ilj-t 1 1 ■'. ir.f !:n. ! n\v till! the fam 

ily spent a gr 1 "ranee. 

and that her ow ^ ... .»..ii \* .i^ j'.u lu ...a-. % .^...iij when 

there. Mr. Donncll is a man of finely knit frame, 

medium ' ' ;it, 

p !?'• a 

of the vciy bt.^t knuwn 

in the cr.untr>*. His His- 

on cotton- 

,. - ■- '.'• ^knowlcdged 

rity. He has written fte\'eral books on cco- 
n .,„. ' • " ' »• • vdia Moore, 

of V only child, 

' !»vcrof 

t daily 
scaled on her hbrcd. 

perfectly at hoi; cd un- 

usual attention, and her ndmg was easy and graceful. 
Mr. Henr>' Preston, of New Orleans, and his wife, 
with his father-in-law, Mr. Stauffer. occupied Parlor 
II, at thcUnitedStates. in July. Mr. George Preston, 
uncle of Hcnrj', resides in New Vork. 

Judge and Mrs. Andrews were not here this sea- 
son, neither v.rrr Mr. and Mrs. Lindlcy HofTman 
Chajiin. ' ' :i is the daughter of the present 

wife of J -gc P. Andrews, and was Miss 

Cornelia Van Aukcn. and now the second wife of 
Mr. Chapin. Mr. Chapin is well known in society 
as a liberal entertainer, and is a member of the Calu- 
met. Racquet, and Tuxedo Clubs. He is the son 
of Abel D. and Julia I. Chapin. His grandfather, 



Important Incidents Recalled. 269 



Chester W. Chapin, was for years the president of 
the Boston and Albany Railroad. 

Mrs. Chapin is exceedingly pretty, resembling her 
mother and sister, Mrs. Tremenheere, whom I con- 
sider beautiful, not only in face and figure, but in 
their generosity and kindness, being courteous to 
all and brimful of sweet charity. 

Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Horwitz and their daughter, 
from Baltimore, arrived at the United States Hotel 
the middle of September, 1895. Miss Adele Hor- 
witz is a charming brunette of the Latin type, with 
red cheeks, expressive, soulful, dark-brown eyes, 
chestnut-brown hair, and a smile which irradiates 
her whole countenance. Miss Adele and her mother 
are very prominent in society and are nearly always 
together, here, there, and everywhere. 

Mr. Horwitz is a typical high-born Southern man ; 
he is in every sense a gentleman. He has dignity, 
but it is the dignity of brains and character and 
good-breeding. He puts on no airs. His heart is 
easily touched. Highly cultivated, charming in con- 
versation, and I found him exceedingly friendly. 

Mrs. Horwitz is a lady of queenly presence and 
gracious manner. She is a daughter of Doctor 
Gross, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Horwitz told me that 
the family had not visited Saratoga for fourteen 
years, so it seems superfluous to add that the com- 
ing of this fine Baltimore family has been to us a 
delightful and appreciated surprise. 

Among the prominent September guests whose 
signatures appeared annually on the States register, 
was the Hon. David Dudley Field. 



Saratoga, 

Mt icr of a famous and long- 

liv.-.' r-1.1,-..i v..!i Ii;, hrother 

justice 

tnd hi« 

i) with 

.1 vcr>* 

..Mil his 

in Lurupc have uiaJc him fa- 

I rid. 

It 15 brother. Cyrus W., who died July 12, 1892, 

• '• ''^■- •" »''■" ' •..-'-' " .»<ce. He was the 

cable across the 

1 1866, when 

V n the two 

: medal 
c Min- 
only ihc (atl that he 
\ry prevented his re- 
ceiving high honors from the British government. 
He was also instrumental •" '" . i-i" • Oi. . 1, v .t,.,| 
railroads in New York d' 

Matthew D., a civil en^iiucr <•! !v<tc. out v. ;i'> iias 
been dead some years, was another brother. 

When Mr. Field returned from his trip to Europe, 
and was met at the d'^ck by some of his friends, he 
;i answer to <. " My object in going 

A was to take « dinner with my only 

child. Lady Musgrave, and to attend the twenty-first 
birthday celebration of her eldest son, Dudley Field 
Musgrave. My daughter is the widow of Sir An- 
thony Musgrave, who was Governor of Queensland, 
Australia, when he died. She is living at East Grin- 
stead, in Sussex, about twenty miles from London. 



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Important Licidents Recalled. 271 



She has three sons. The eldest, who is in the British 
Navy, has gone with his ship to Bombay. The sec- 
ond son, Arthur, is captain of a battery at Shrews- 
buryness, and the youngest, Herbert, was educated 
at Harrow, and has just entered the military school 
at Woolwich, standing second among four hundred 
applicants. They are all splendid young fellows, 
and every one of them is six feet tall." 

After spending six weeks with his daughter Mr. 
Field went to Paris, Nice, Monte Carlo, Genoa, 
Naples, Rome, and Florence ; and in Rome, on 
February 13, his eighty-ninth birthday was cele- 
brated by a luncheon in his honor given by Mr. and 
Mrs. Terry. 

Mr. Field has been three times married. His first 
wife was Jane L. Hopkins, to whom he was wedded 
in 1829. They had three children — Dudley Field, 
born November 28, 1830; Jeanie Lucinda, October 
9, 1833, and Isabella, April 3, 1835. Mrs. Field died 
in Stockbridge in 1836. 

Mr. Field married his second wife in 1841. She 
was Mrs. Harriet Davidson, and died in 1864. He 
married again, in 1866, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Carr, 
the widow of Dr. S. J. Carr. She died in 1876. 

I would say in this connection, that Miss Jeanie 
Field, at present Lady Musgrave, was one of the 
young ladies selected to dance as a partner of His 
Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, at the great 
ball given in the Academy of Music, in the City of 
New York, in i860. The writer of the foregoing 
was a member of Mr. Field's household, Gramercy 
Park, at the time. 

Among the most popular and agreeable of the 



ofSaratogm. 



Mr. and Mr». S U. CadwcU. of 



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heart and good deeds, is legion, her stanch fidelity 

to her friends is alir. is the light 

and life of ever>' ng her ac- 

quaintances in Sara* iK:i>o:) would hardly 

tmn;::ne from her • that she was the 

r of Mrs. Elder, who has a sweet, chubby boy, 

•I of his grandmamma. 

I often wonder what has become of the type of 

white-haired, white-capped, sweet-faced dame whom 

we treasure in our memory as either our own or 

some other favored mortal's grandmother. Search 

for her as wc will, she is not to be found. The 



Important hicidcnts Recalled. 273 



grandmother of to-day is a well-dressed, middle-aged 
woman who would prefer that her children's chil- 
dren call her "Auntie" than give her the rightful 
appellation that implies a greater weight of years. 
The active, stylish woman of fifty is quite as wrap- 
ped up in the toddlers who lisp "grandma" as was 
her more picturesque prototype. Are these youth- 
ful grandmothers due to the fact that girls are mar- 
ried earlier? Whatever the cause I cannot help 
feeling sorry for the children who will never possess 
memories of such grandmothers as marked the old 
time. 

Of Mr. Cadwell I might say that he is a man of 
few words, a sterling, robust type of the old school, 
a whole-souled, genial gentleman, well liked by all his 
friends, an upright, model citizen, beyond reproach 
in his relations of husband and father. 

I am reminded just here of a conversation that 
I had with Mr. S. U. Cadwell, the day after the 
reception of Judge George S. Batcheller, formerly 
presiding Justice of the International Tribunal in 
Cairo, Egypt, given in honor of Lord Russell, of 
Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England. Mr. 
Cadwell being a guest at the reception told me that 
on being introduced to his Lordship that gentleman 
at once told him that he had met him before, which 
had occurred on his previous visit to this country 
with his predecessor. Lord Coleridge, in 1883. 

The reception spoken of was given by Judge 
Batcheller for the purpose of affording an oppor- 
tunity for Lord Russell to meet the members of 
the American Bar Association, delegates and legal 



I 

Mrx J. W 
chcllcr, w 

Th 
tho . 
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tlica convcacti la S.ajto^'.'i. and which 

JM the m-nth o( August. 1S96. Sir 

. M. P., Montague Crack- 

rs r..v n 1 ..f Lord 

:h the 

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. Hal. 



ducc 



room by 1 
about clc. 
absent, the 



!>'. to announce the name 

who in turn would tntro- 

! Ru«scll: but the crowd 

! a« the evening 

uc wxt not h'ved 

•iwiiij;- 

r, but 

being 

•he hall 

near where I was stationed, and all who came in 
after that time it devolved on me personally to 
escort to the presence of Lord Russell and intro- 
duce t* • <>l the even- 
ing, a member 
of th Kentucky. 
An. .ry of State 
John W. hosier. cx-M mister Ldward J. Phelps, 
Attorney General Harmon, and many others. 

Mrs. George W. Holland has travelled extensively 
in this and other countries, and she has attained an 
astonishing familiarity with the different places she 



Important Incidents Recalled. 275 

has visited. Her memory is extremely retentive 
and her descriptive powers fascinating, so she can 
interest one by the hour, recounting what she has 
seen and experienced. She is particularly a past 
mistress in describing the scenes of the Holy Land, 
as every word she utters seems to come directly 
from the well-filled storehouse of her mind, and the 
listener is impressed with the idea that she has 
made of the subject a life study. 

Mrs. Holland is a woman who is beloved by all 
who know her, a womanly woman, just the sort 
that nature intended should be the wife of George 
W. Holland, who always accompanies her on her 
trips. 

Mr. Holland is an estimable, agreeable gentleman 
in the prime of life, who wears a happy, contented 
smile, a fitting companion of his cultured wife, and 
both are always welcome guests at the United States 
Hotel. 

It is worthy of note that I should say in this connec- 
tion that, during Mrs. Holland's recent visit to Sara- 
toga, when about to say to me " au revoir," this kind 
lady placed in my hand a couple of polished wooden 
Hds, tied with red ribbon, which were made of olive 
wood from the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem. On 
one of the lids is inscribed the name Jerusalem and 
on the other is carved a Greek cross composed of 
four smaller crosses. Mrs. Holland told me that she 
stood by and saw them m.ade; they are intended for 
covers of a medium-sized prayer-book. I accepted 
this souvenir with many thanks, and it will constitute 
one of the most pleasant memories of the season 



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tl ttain air of (;ood old ^>aratoga. And 

i\.^ V ircn ever came to us than the two 

dear little tot!i of Mr. and Mnu D. S. Appleton. 

Then there is Whitehead, called " Whitey," it is 
she who has the entire care of Georf^ia and Danny. 
a- 'v I 

r rit;!.t 

>f deaths during the 
year 1895, 1 find that of Mrs. John L. Perr>', of Sara- 
toga, which occurred February 19th. Her gentle 
and tender nature bore the imprint of all the virtues 
that so eminently adorn the life and character of 
a Christian woman. Truly it may be said of her : 



Important Incidents Recalled. 277 



" The earth is all the sweeter that she lived 
And death is all the fairer that she died, 
And Heaven is all the brighter that she 's there." 

Evenings, after the band has ceased to play sweet 
music, and the guests begin to depart and move 
toward the elevator to go up to their rooms, I am 
often accosted with these simple words, " good night," 
which frequently reminds me of the pretty lines I here 
insert : 

" Sleep sweetly in thy quiet room, oh thou my friend. 
And let no mournful yesterdays disturb thy peaceful 

rest ; 
Nor shall to-morrow pain thy heart 
With dreams of coming ill. 
Thy Maker is thy changeless friend, 
His love surrounds thee still. 
Forget thyself and all the world, 
Put out each fading light ; 
The stars are watching overhead — 
Sleep sweetly, then— Good-night." 



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CHAPTER XII. 

FFKSONAL RKMIN'ISCENCRS OF NOTABLE MEN WHO 
ilAVK VISITED SARATCMM. 



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.1 few char- 

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editor .1 frequent 

guest. Iv.^l.i'.i "liii ...-. i.iii.ii> , .il •: tjp to 

the time when his c>'cs bcf^n to in so 



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that I can insert them as tributes from his brothers 



.i-» III. II 



of ihc i 
Pari*. ; 
bronxc 



ng to the city of 
o, a monumental 
. and Lafayette. 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 279 

The memorial was designed and wrought by Bartholdi, 
and is a recognition of the moral debt which this nation 
owes for the stately figure of Liberty, the work of the 
same sculptor, which adorns New York Bay and consti- 
tutes one of the signal attractions of the metropolis. 

" The gift of Mr. Pulitzer will do something more than 
perpetuate the memory of two immortal figures. It will 
cement still more closely the bonds of friendship which 
have existed between the people of the United States 
and France. If this friendship was important one hun- 
dred and twenty years ago, when the United States con- 
sisted of a handful of colonies battling for freedom, and 
France was a despotic monarchy, it is still more mi- 
portant to-day when the United States and France stand 
for the highest types of republican government in their 
respective hemispheres. Never before did these coun- 
tries have more in common than they have now, and the 
thoughtful generosity of Mr. Pulitzer, which cannot fail 
to heighten the mutual good will between them, is a 
public spirited act which deserves to be warmly ac- 
knowledged. * . ' 
" Mr. Pulitzer's institution of ten college scholarships 
for as many graduates of the grammar schools of the 
city is one of those few beneficences of which the highest 
imaginable good may be predicted. When we speak 
thus we have in mind the fact that one of the works 
which really adorn American literature would probably 
never have been written had it not been for the fact that 
the City of New York had provided a free college for 
the education of its author in the days of his youth. We 
will not hazard a guess as to how many poets, scholars, 
and philosophers Mr. Pulitzer's ten scholarships will 
develop, but there are sure to be some. If there is even 
one in the front rank of any one of the higher profes- 



luU'ti ul ihcsc >cli-jUiihj|'» mil be more 



At « hanqurt fpvrn in New V'*rk 



»)>okc as ioiiowt of lomc other prominent newspaper 
men : 



\\ I'.h !).r ji!\ rnf of ihr nr« *». i!.rf in f hr r if h 



i\ ' T»c i>: i:ir grci: rici» nj.ij cr 
He was fonunaic. of courec. 



•'iituicc any >ouU|( lUiU) luu c«cr 



the (limax 

fcar!.^^^ .>'-.. 

t< 

ir 

or 



rre at lit; 

"•" of »ti. .,, 
: made a 



• l!C\C<J 

(le made 

... he himself 

roisukes in his 



*' The Thhurn/, • . founded, is now 

conducted m • ■ <>\ the roost graceful 

men in our ; Kcid, a man who had 

m ■ •- rtf ord as .1 ( orrespondent before he 

be tor of a great paper. 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 28 1 



" American journalism has been the field of the highest 
literary talents, such as William Cullen Bryant's, and of 
the keenest business acumen, but perhaps only one jour- 
nalist in our history has been blessed with the endow- 
ments which have enabled him to bridge the vast gap 
between letters and trade. Simple candor must yield 
this tribute to Charles A. Dana, that he is a literary man 
among literary men and a newspaper man among news- 
paper men. His labors outside of journalism assure 
him a high rank among scholars, and this rank is secured 
rather than lowered by his conduct of a great newspaper, 
which is at once successful in its business operations and 
a national model of literary style." 

If we go from the Newspaper world to that of 
Finance, what name equals that of Jay Gould, the 
Napoleon of the empire of Money? And let me 
begin at once by quoting words that cheerfully re- 
cognize the generous impulses of his nature. Ex- 
Governor St. John, of Kansas, wrote as follows : 

" In the midst of all that is being said and published 
against Jay Gould, please allow me space to say that in 
1880 when settlers in western Kansas were penniless and 
threatened with starvation, I wrote to this much-abused 
man about it. He promptly sent me $5,000, which was 
invested in bread and meat for their relief." 

The same testimony could be given in numberless 
instances, such as that which stands to his credit at 
the time of the yellow fever scourge in Memphis. 

It is pleasant to recall in this connection the fact 
that Cardinal Newman's magnificent hymn was the 



to Jay GoulJ. And 
>wcrt voicci* sang: 

** Lead, kindiv Light, ami* ling gloom 

The nig* r. 

Lead iUi>u ;ac ■ 

it seems i«> mc that all nialitc nuisi h.i\c incited 
auav in the mellow and prufound sentiment of 
• t lci!»on 

\ X, was 

Mr. . - 

M: '.-.ord. a 

helpmate to her hi: ik a wifely pride 

ill all his successes : b.i i v^^-^.wu* to the gigantic 

fortune that Mr. Gould succeeded in building up 
V ' !lh from the 

irroundings. 
I what is called 
I ,:cs were distaste- 

ful to her retiring disposition. Her inclinations 
made her a devotee to her family, and she was not 
only a prudent and fond wife but a roost excellent 
and careful mother. Of her sons Mrs. Gould always 
took great pride in her first-bom, George. 

Ja> ■ ■ ted attention to his wife during 

her 1 much sp«jkcn of by those who 

were auajc of the ^ ces. He was ever by 

her bedside, ever v. i her symptoms, ever 

anxious to do anything in his power for her relief 
by night or day. A n. .r< sympathetic husband, it 
has been said, couK! and, and the signs ol 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 283 

his grief were constantly visible in his face, gait, and 
manner. 

The impression among financiers is that Mr. George 
Gould will justify his father's confidence. Certainly 
he and his brothers are to be numbered among the 
greatest powers in the financial world. And Jay 
Gould made a master-stroke when he left his son 
George in a position where he is really the autocrat 
of the combined wealth of the family. 

Helen Gould, the eldest daughter, was the pet of 
the family and her father's great favorite. By her 
friends Miss Gould is spoken of as one of the most 
charitable girls in New York. Friday of each week 
she usually devotes to visiting some charitable in- 
stitution, carrying with her articles of food, flowers, 
and books. She has been a deep student of the 
problem of philanthropy, and has the means to 
realize her ideas. 

Closely associated with Jay Gould in our thought 
stands his famous family physician, Dr. J. P. Munn, 
who was retained by the millionaire at a munifi- 
cent salary. And it is said Doctor Munn was 
even made director in the Western Union and the 
Missouri Pacific, so that he could be in the same 
room with his distinguished patient at all directors' 
meetings. Dr. Munn is persona grata to all the 
family, and he will now have five patients instead of 
one. 

Dr. Munn has a charming little daughter aged 
about eight. She was in attendance at a children's 
fair when some money was given her, and she quietly 
replied : " Please give it to my maid." " Why, don't 



»'/ .^irato^il. 



' }" she was askt.i. No, 

i mc never to ttturh bills 

c lo. 1 : ii there may be 

rhrrri ^*.• ,c hrrn harulied. 

Truly. 

Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Mar)'Iand, comes to 
the States ever>* season ; and during 1895, uf which 
I write, the Senator was accompanied by his son. 

'■ (or many words, we 



" To those who know thee not, no words can paint. 
And those who know thee, know all words are faint." 

Th< ' " ' * concerning the Senator is 

not 1: c : 

** Last week Mr. Compton came over here to meet Mr. 

'■ in. .\rri\; - ' Fifth Avenue Hotel, he was 

XI Mr. G< 'be in the dining-room. He 

•A', to the d<x>r .\ii.i as* ■ a man if Senator 

(lortn.in w .i% inside. ' Yc . the man. ' He ii 

- there with a bi^ (at man. I am not quite 

r it i« Mr c*!rvrland or ex-Speaker Reed.* 

' ' 4 Mr. (forman and Mr. 

i : the incident * Don't 

id that.' »aid Mr. Keed quickly. ' He is 

^. and there will be no living with him if he 
luMfs that I have l>cen mistaken for him. Keep it dark, 
Compton, by all means.' " 

Mrs. Ida Meyer .nru1 her daughter Irma, of 70 
West 54lh Street, N ..ave joined the Sara- 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 2 8 5 

toga cottage colony this season. I desire to state 
that Mrs. Meyer was among the first of our hotel 
guests who insisted that I should write my reminis- 
cences of Saratoga life. Her daughter, who always 
accompanied her mother, was at that time a mere 
child, but she too was quite enthusiastic at the idea 
of such a book being written, and by me ; so this 
season the young lady, Miss Irma, came into the 
hotel and inquired immediately how far the book 
had advanced. Miss Irma Meyer is truly a lovely 
girl, a brunette of decided beauty, and has a dispo- 
sition and manner that have won her many admiring 
friends. 

But no name is more conspicuous before the pub- 
lic than that of Chauncey M. Depew, familiarly 
called " our Chauncey." If he never becomes Presi- 
dent, all agree that no candidate for the Presidency 
could have a more eloquent champion than he. I 
select from his many utterances the following trib- 
ute to women, which forms a part of his address at 
the dedication of the Russell Sage Memorial Hall 
in Troy, commemorating the life work of Emma 
Willard : 

" Every country and every period must be judged by 
its treatment of women. By this standard the measure 
of praise for the past is very limited. The centuries 
and the countries where woman was a toy were distm- 
guished for Paganism and immorality ; the centuries 
and the countries where woman was a slave or sub- 
ordinate to man were characterized by ignorance and 
brutality. It is the mother, with her cuhure or with 
the lack of it, who makes the family and marks the 



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rnulii 

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for a 



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allcvi- 
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a more aiiractive wife and a mother who is alio 
icr." 

In an inter\'icw with a newspaper correspondent, 
aftcrw 

'* I :'.r::' v Dusclf 

en made an 
I one of our 
>w that the 

^., w ..,y romance, I 

ig letter, which I afterward received 



bridal tour. 



It read 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 287 



" ' Dear Classmate : The last time I saw you we stud- 
ied an eclipse of the moon together, and discussed theo- 
retically and scientifically that phenomenon. I write to 
tell you that I am so full of happiness that I can only 
attest that a honeymoon eclipses all other kinds of 
moons.' 

" At the reception which followed I found a number 
of young women waiting for me. They said : ' Mr. 
Depew, did you really get that letter, or did you invent 
it ? ' I said that I thought it was good enough to be 
true, and my only advice to them was to go and do like- 
wise." 

When we recall so noble a tribute, it increases our 
sadness to know that Mrs. Depew was taken from 
him by the hand of death. Mrs. Depew came from 
one of the oldest New York families, and while every 
opportunity was open to her to become conspicuous 
in society, she found her greatest comfort in the 
duties of home and the tender ministrations of 
phiIanthrop5\ 

Chauncey M. Depew was deeply touched by the 
fact that Archbishop Corrigan revealed his friend- 
ship so strikingly as to attend the funeral of Mrs. 
Depew in St. Bartholomew's Church. It is the 
first time that the Archbishop has been in a Protes- 
tant church when any religious office was being 
conducted there. His relations with Mr. Depew 
have been for years seemingly close, and on many 
public and political questions they have been in 
perfect accord, although the Archbishop has always 
been careful not to make a display of his political 



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3lxm\ ' ' it the model 

) the thi: tates of the 



RfHot F, ShrpsfH wa^ ft m:tn of many com- 

friend- 
r those 
\%h<> had lie wa5 the soul of hos- 

pitality, i. ,.vv...... ..... he the helper of young 

men, to many of whom he extended generous and 
effective a; ' vh a start in life 

a* Ird t«> The Inrautiful 

•*cr\-cd 
in the 
heart .1. 

I w - : r here to the death of Worlh, the 
monarch of the dress-making world : would add 

•* ■ ' • •' -nderful mausoleum of the 

..iwn Cemetery, which now 
h ■..*,- •)( t. the b- ■ •• of lianker 

Giovanni I i : but I : :i to the end 

ofth 

I I ic following reference 

to Minister bustis. our esteemed and distin^juishcd 
Ambassador to France, who was so recently bereaved 
by the sudden removal from the circle of the home 



Personal Rem in iscences of Notable Men. 2 89 

and of social influence, of a wife, mother, and friend 
so eminently qualified by her character and accom- 
plishments to grace and dignify the representative 
and exalted position which she held in France. 

By the way, the powers and functions of an Am- 
bassador are not higher than those of a Minister, or 
different from them. The difference is merely one 
of name and rank of precedence on State and social 
occasions where official etiquette is observed. In 
this respect the representatives of the United States 
in London and Paris, will now rank with those of 
the leading powers of the world. 

Mr. Eustis is a man of great ability, and is not 
at all a typical gentleman of the Southern school. 
He is not a provincial, like the average Southern 
statesman, but is a man of the world, familiar with 
club life and with polite society in the old world 
and the new. He is an aristocrat to the ends of his 
finger tips, and is a perfect master of the art of 
doing nothing. He has the oriental complexion, 
he is a dark olive, of a tint which approaches the 
complexion of a Spaniard of southern Spain. A 
correspondent writes of him : 

" His eyes are black, his features are regular, while 
the lower part of his face is hidden by an iron-gray mus- 
tache and beard. Thick, wavy iron-gray hair falls over 
his broad forehead. He has a deep, musical voice, an 
easy manner, and an air of profound indifference to 
everything on this earth. But this is only a mask, for 
when the sluggish nature of this oriental type of Ameri- 
can citizen is once aroused he is fiery, and has a vocabu- 
lary of sarcastic phraseology excelled by few." 



290 

Death 

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Reministeiues of Saratoga. 



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A brother, who was the only friend 



he had ever had, and as close a friend as ever man had, 
but they drew him away. 

" In many ways the Wormser brothers were noted for 
eccentricities. They were careful not to ride on the 
same elevated train, lest accident should kill them both 
at the same time. Yet, I imagine, if one who knew them 
well were to be asked what was their chief distinguish- 
ment, he would reply : * Not the fact that they started 
very poor, and became phenomenally rich and wound up 
in a magnificent banking house in Wall Street ; not that 
they were methodical to the last cent, and fraction of a 






SIMON WORMSER. 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Jllen. 291 



cent, although deaUng in many millions every year ; not 
that they did not ride together in a railroad train, but 
did in a hansom or a victoria, every day in Central Park ; 
but that they supremely illustrated, in their daily walk 
and conversation, a fraternal regard, a brotherly love, as 
beautiful to witness as it is rare to find. I have often 
thought, when hearing men criticize the methods of this 
great firm, that, after all, this one touch of holy human 
nature which irradiated their lives and made possible 
their united forces, was too pure a plant to have root in 
unkempt soil.' " 

Simon Wormser had four sons, Maurice S., Alexan- 
der, Jr., Isidor, Jr., and Louis. His wife died about 
fifteen years ago. It is a rather singular fact that 
his children were all sons, while Isidor's were daugh- 
ters. 

The death of Mrs. W. W. Aster occurred Decem- 
ber 22, 1894. The Pall Mall Gazette, in an appre- 
ciative article on the sad event, says : 

" For months Mrs. Astor's health has been the cause 
of great anxiety to her friends, though last summer she 
was strong enough to welcome and entertain the whole 
staff of the Fall Mall Gazette, at Cliveden. Whether in 
her New York home, doing the honors of the American 
legation in Rome, or entertaining in her English houses, 
she won affection from all sides. Durand's beautiful 
picture of her looked out as a friend upon the hundreds 
of those who saw it. To very many in America, France, 
Italy, and England, her loss will bring sadness. To 
ourselves it will cause deep and enduring sympathy and 





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between the two men than that of brothent. 

Every joy and sorrow . w., wccess and failure was 
shared between them. Every noon the>' dined to- 
gether for more than a quarter of a century. The 
following tribute to the character of Mr. Drcxel is 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 293 



an equal honor to Mr. Childs, who wrote the words 
about his friend : — 

" No one has ever spoken ill of Anthony J. Drexel and 
he spoke no ill word of any one. He did not drive sharp 
bargains ; he did not profit by the needs of others ; he 
did not expect from those in his employ hard tasks and 
give them an inadequate wage. He was in active busi- 
ness a lenient, liberal creditor, a generous employer, con- 
siderate of, sympathetic with every one who worked with 
and for him. 

" My dear friend, companion, and partner of so many 
years was a man of singular modesty ; one who feared 
and shunned praise more than blame. His manners 
were finely courteous, manly, gentle, and refined. His 
mind was as pure as a child's, and during all the years 
of our close companionship I never knew him to speak 
a word that he might not have freely spoken in the 
presence of his children. His religion was as deep as 
his nature, and rested upon the enduring foundations of 
faith, hope, and charity. Love of his fellow-men was 
that quahty which best denoted this noble Christian 
gentleman. 

" His life was a sentient example of noble thought 
and endeavor ; and with regard to him, whom I loved 
so long and well, whose friendship I so greatly prized, 
whose nobility of character I so honored, and whose 
memory I shall always revere, he suggests to me the fine 
portrait of one which another dear friend of mine, the 
late George William Curtis, sketched many years ago. 
'I think,' said Mr. Curtis, 'that to have known one 
such good man, one man who through all the chances 
and rubs of a long Hfe has carried his heart in his hand, 
helps our faith in God, in ourselves, and in each other 
more than many sermons.' " 



Rr> 



. than oi most men it may be Raid that the 

' '^ >)ettcr for his living in it. and that the 

he was as well as which he did will live 

.nt<t jiiin. 

There arc several lessons in the life of Mr. Childs 

v' - r the 

y mm 

1 

: ■ .. . •'! 

among the nations. He was one of the uncrowned 
king*. 

Perhaps the most impressive lesson of hi« life is 
th ' * t, , I I •Jiout any of the 

«.! it arc so apt to 

t. 
li 

'. ii.il a inai) 
n. ^^h simple 

goodness. Still another lesson, and not the least 
useful, is that happiness is to be sought, not with 
fanfare of trumpets, hut in quiet ways. Dr. Johnson 
once s ' ' ' f becoming rich— one 

by inc 'he other by limiting 

truth seems to have 
> Mr. Childs. 

The yci nth with great wedding*;, the 

marriage of . ^rls to foreigners of high office 

or noble blood having their full share. In April, 
Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon. M. P.. and Miss 
Mary Leitcr were married in St. John's Episcopal 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men, 295 

Church, Washington, D. C, in the presence of such 
a distinguished assemblage of cabinet ofificers, diplo- 
mats, governors and bishops, as to give the event 
the character of a public ceremony. Mr. Curzon is 
a Conservative member of the House of Commons, 
formerly Under Secretary for India under the SaHs- 
bury Ministry, and the successor to his father's title 
of Baron Scarsdale, while Miss Leiter has been 
counted among the beauties of the national capital 
and is a typical American girl. The great wealth of 
the Leiters has made their establishment and its 
foreign guests a centre of interest for several days. 

Long before the hour for the ceremony a curious 
crowd surrounded St. John's Church, which is on 
Lafayette Square, immediately fronting the White 
House. Admission to the little edifice was restricted 
to those holding cards. A large force of mounted 
and unmounted policemen were on duty outside the 
church, but it was with diflficulty that the great 
crowd could be held in check. There was such a 
rush when the carriages of Mrs. Cleveland and the 
bride arrived, that women screamed and fainted, and 
for a time there threatened to be a panic. 

The interior of the church was literally trans- 
formed into a garden for the occasion. The chancel 
was a vision of flowers, plants and palms rising to 
and almost enveloping the pulpit and altar ; while 
from the side walls, chandeliers, and choir gallery 
hung profuse clusters of cut flowers, orange blossoms, 
smilax, and traihng vines. The church was filled to 
its utmost capacity. The ushers were Joseph Leiter, 
brother of the bride, and Frank Curzon, brother of 



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Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 297 

Mrs. Fuller, Justice and Mrs. Harlan, Justice and 
Mrs. Gray, Justice and Mrs. White, Justice and Mrs. 
Brown, Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Hay, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard, Professor 
and Mrs. Newcomb, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rockhill, 
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Henry 
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Adams, Mr. and Mrs. 
Blair Lee, Mr. and Mrs. R. Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. 
John R. McLean, Mrs. James G. Blaine, Mrs. Har- 
rison Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sloane, Mr. and 
Mrs. J. M. W. Jones, Senator and Mrs. McPherson, 
Senator and Miss Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Watts Sher- 
man, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bradley, Colonel and Mrs. 
William Goddard, Mrs. Mafar Walker, the Misses 
Skinner, Miss Snow, John Carter Brown. 

From New York, Bishop and Mrs. Henry C. Pot- 
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brice, E. R. Robinson, 
Miss Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newbold, Mr. 
and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, Mr. and Mrs. James Lanier, 
Miss Lockwood, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Warren, Mrs.j 
Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan Winthrop, Mr. and 
Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Burden. 

The Whitney-Paget wedding was still more notable, 
perhaps. The doors of St. Thomas's were opened 
at 10.30 o'clock, and at that time there were a score 
of the 1000 guests invited waiting under the canopy, 
for the musical programme that had been arranged 
was of the sort that no one cares to miss, — the sing- 
ing of such artists as Nordica and De Reszke, the 
music crowned by the great genius of Franko. 

The ushers — Henry Payne Whitney (the bride's 
brother), Winthrop Rutherford, John C, Furman, 



.»/ Saratoga. 
Jr.. ILMailUnd K 



id a man. who. with 

kkI and rank behind 

h • lit ry eight yean ago 

died 

the .irrival 

•tcti in the 

I Mrv La. 

Mrs. Ohicy, 

S Ijotd Wentmoath. Lady Cole* 

\ " V- Antor, Mr. and 

N' il Mr^. Morton, 

>! :. Mr. and Mrv C. 

^! 

and Mrs. Urme Wiiiion, Mr. and Mr«. Cornehus 

V.ir-. '.-rhilt Mr ..n.! Mr. T .rnr^ M. \Vatcrbur>- Mr 

a neland Mrs. ( • 

' . Mi. .liKi .»iiv I M (leric Gcbhard. < . 

R. T. Wilson. Jr.. Mrs. Herman O 

vs, and Mr. 

evidently in good 

■ d to the altar with 

his daughter, and gave her to the husband of her 

choice ; and if a shade of sadness was noticed in his 

face as he passed out of the church, it was no doubt 



Personal Revimiscenccs of Notable Men. 299 



caused by a passing thought of the mother of the 
bride, the leader of New York society for so many 
years, to whom the marriage would have been the 
happiest occasion of her brilliant and happy wedded 
life. 

But the climax of all social events for the year 
1895 came on November 6th. In that brown-stone 
edifice at Fifth Avenue and 53d Street upon which 
fashion has set her stamp, took place at the hour 
named, the wedding of the present representative of 
the House of Marlborough, the third Dukedom in 
England, and Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, the fair 
representative of one of the richest families, not only 
of America, but of the world. 

When " Marlborough, the prince of commanders, 
went to the war in Flanders," and there laid the 
foundation not only of his fame and fortune, but of 
a house destined to become historic, he little dreamed 
that after the lapse of a century his descendant would 
make another conquest in " lands across the seas," 
which would not only enable him to perpetuate the 
glories and restore somewhat of the prestige of a 
house which had suffered from evil fortune and 
squandered wealth, but also again make the name 
of Marlborough a household word. 

So notable a marriage, of necessity, has aroused 
widespread interest and curiosity, and for weeks past 
not only the American but the English public have 
been discussing and anticipating every detail of the 
event. The preliminaries which culminated in the 
ceremony and ceremonials are familiar to all. The 
marriage is generally believed to have been first 



Rtmimt ^^tratoga. 

ht of by an American woman, ulio hcnicif, 
I f. u \ r.irs .1.'.. tnifficl the father of the pre*. 
'!ie Duchess of Mart- 
in cunnectton with all this splendor, how beautiful 
V can forever '.ind to wife, wife 



I . . .: .-..i ■ , :., hi gCUli 

i m thine 



! 



•iy. Un no occasion have 

1 to uphold the virtue. 

1 womanhood. 

11 i.:- > ly comes to mind the 

case of Mr Here is a brave 

• ' loyally toward his 

comes through the 

dc\'otion of a noble 

i .cr as a heroine, and 

glory in the (act that she is an American. 

When Sir William and his American bride arrived 
at his home, and alighted from the train, they found 
the station filled and surrounded by thousands of 
people. On the platform were the members of the 








WHITE HOUSE. 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 301 

Council in their official robes, with the Lord Mayor 
at their head to meet them. 

She writes, " I am charmed with my new home, 
and touched by the popular affection shown my hus- 
band on his arrival here." His brother telegraphed 
from Maryland, "I thank God that my brother 
has found a woman who is willing to stick to him 
through his trouble, and I am indeed proud that she 
is an American girl." 

At St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City, on 
the afternoon of November 21st, occurred the wed- 
ding of Miss Elsie Stillman and Mr. William G. 
Rockefeller. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. James Stillman ; and the bridegroom is a son 
of William G. Rockefeller, and nephew of John D. 
Rockefeller, whose daughter, Miss Edith, is soon to 
be married to Harold McCormick. 

The prevailing colors of the wedding were pink 
and white, and the chancel was decorated with pink 
and white chrysanthemums. Bishop Henry C. Potter, 
assisted by the Rev. Dr. David S. Greer, ofificiated. 
The bridesmaids were Miss Isabella Stillman, a sister 
of the bride. Miss Emma Rockefeller, sister of the 
bridegroom. Miss Caroline L. Morgan, Miss Annie 
T. Morgan, Miss Edna Barger, and Miss Edith 
Knowlton. They were dressed in costumes made 
in the mode of Louis Seize. 

The bride's dress was of white satin, trimmed on 
the corsage with point-lace appliqu6. She wore a 
a tulle veil, edged with a deep border of point lace, 
which was fastened by a diamond crescent. She 
carried a prayer book instead of a bouquet. 



30i 



'.uAix wa« his brother, Percy 

> u<rc- Mc>!kni. John I> 

Waller N.HIi^s 



Ir., and V^ Evert Macy. 





•1 the 

'T. ft/t 




cr were o( this 


The Stiilmans .• 


i ornaments prt- 
vibt lead to the 
riaire family at 
'i with tlic New- 

11 doubtless 

•n. 

ic marriage 





"The Missc* Alt* an.! Kdiili Rorkefeller, daughters 

heiresses to more 

n in the world, 

girls, have 

.., - ...., ^.......cd, and have 

of the moci magnificent homes in this city, 
"iisiilayed the 



. I I, . 



I .«.<. -.^^cci .ir. •. :::\v. i^iris, they devote 

most of their time t- • work, preferring the 

ifetolhei -' s 

.c of wc 
ihc) arc iiu marked an cxt-ci^iiuii u^ lu uin ihc prai&c 
and admiration of all the world. 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Meji. 303 



" What is the wonderful influence which has kept the 
Misses Rockefeller from becoming social devotees is a 
question often asked. Those who are acquainted with 
the family say it is the precept and example of their 
mother, who looks upon life as something too real and 
too earnest to be wasted, and who has in her quiet 
womanly way led all her children to think as she does." 

Miss Edith, youngest daughter of John D, Rocke- 
feller, was married at noon on November 26th, in 
the Buckingham Hotel, to Mr. Harold F. McCormick, 
son of Cyrus McCormick, the well-known " Reaper 
King " of Chicago. The marriage was to have been 
solemnized in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, and 
elaborate preparations had been made at the church 
in the way of floral decorations ; but, on account of 
the illness of Mr. McCormick, the ceremony took 
place at the Buckingham Hotel instead. 

The wedding ceremony was quite brief, beginning 
at 12.05 and being concluded at 12.20. The Rev. 
Dr. Paunce of^ciated, assisted by Dr. Hall. The 
wedding party remained in the hotel some time. 
Later they were driven to the Rockefeller mansion 
on Fifty-fourth Street near Fifth avenue. Accord- 
ing to the principles of the bride's parents, there 
were no spirituous liquors served at the wedding 
feast. The presents received were not displayed. 
Among the most elegant was a pearl necklace pre- 
sented to her by her parents, costing a fabulous sum. 

The unfortunate and unexpected illness of Mr. 
McCormick cast considerable gloom over the wed- 
ding party, and, instead of smiles and congratula- 
tions, there were hardly more than sympathetic 



304 RttNtnisctnces 0/ Saratoga. 

exchanges of expressions. It was purely an Ameri- 
can wedding, in contnidistinction to the Marlborou^h- 
Vanderbill and TagelWhilney marriages, where both 
the grooms were Enghshmen. 

It was at Christmas time a few years ago that Mi. 
McCormick met his bride, an attractive young woman 
who takes great interest in athletic sports, and is 
accomplished in swimming, skating, riding, and 
driving. He was then a student at Yale, and ha<l 
come to New York for the holidays. It was a cas' 
of love at first sight. Just about this time Miss 
Rockefeller had made up her mind to go to Japan 
as a missionary of the Baptist Church, but young 
McCormick quickly persuaded her from that deter- 
mination. 

When the groom's health permits, he and his brici< 
will sail for Egypt on their wedding tour. Upon 
their return they will make their home iit Council 
Bluffs, Iowa, where Mr. McCormick will become a 
partner with his brothers in the .McCormick Reaper 
Com pan)'. 

After the experience of Miss Rockefeller and -Mr. 
Harold McCormick in getting married, it may be 
said that love nowadays laughs at sickness as well 
as at locksmiths. 

On the 2d of December, Mrs. Frederic Neilson 
gave a large and brilliant reception to introduce to 
society her daughter, Miss Belle Neilson. 

Miss Neilson, who is a handsome girl, has alread\- 
been proclaimed a belle, and is expected to shan 
the honors with Miss Kathcrine Duer this winter. 
The spacious drawing-rooms of the old Gcbhard 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 305 

mansion, No. 100 Fifth Avenue, were thronged with 
the representative set of fashionable New York 
society. Mrs. Neilson is a sister of Frederick 
Gebhard. 

The third wedding in the Rockefeller family withm 
a month, occurred on the 12th of December, and 
in point of brilliancy surpassed the two preceding 

events. 

Standing beneath a gorgeous floral canopy, and 
environed by a scene of horticultural splendor, in the 
music-room of her father's country palace, Rockwood 
Hall, Tarry to wn-on-the-Hudson, Miss Emma Rocke- 
feller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rockefeller, 
was wedded to Dr. D. Hunter McAlpin, Jr., son of 
D. Hunter McAlpin of New York City. 

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage, of St. Bartholo- 
mew's Church, New York, assisted by the Rev. Dr. 
Harris, of Yonkers, performed the ceremony. 

The bridal gown, a rich ivory satin, was made in 
princess fashion, and was resplendent with Venetian 
lace. The train was of Venetian lace, and fell away 
in a long sweep. The veil was long, almost cover- 
ing the train, and was fastened with a tiara of dia- 
monds. The bride carried a large bouquet of white 
rosebuds. 

A buffet breakfast was served in the main dinmg. 
room, over 400 people participating. 

Rockwood Hall is three miles from Tarrytown, and 
is in the Renaissance chateau style, with cloisters of 
stone. It is second only in splendor to Biltmore, 
the North Carolina country-seat of George W. 
Vanderbilt. 



^oCt Ktnisnisctnifs of :^iiraio^a. 

Miss Rockefeller will have a large d«)\vry; and 
among other gifts from her father, it is saiil, will be 
one of a countr>' residence, to be built in the immedi- 
ate locality of Rockwood Hall. 

The following list will perhaps be quite a revela- 
tion to some of my readers, showing as it does the 
great number of American women who have married 
tilled foreigners within the past twenty-five years: 

Miss Ellen Abbott, Count Cerati di Calry ; Miss 
Florence Audenrcid, Count dc la Forest Divonne; 
Miss Isabella Andrews, Count von Linden ; Miss 
Rirbcy, Count de Pourtales ; Miss Mary Realc, 
Baron BahkmctofT : Mrs. Berna, Count Oriola ; 
Miss Berdan, Baron Lepelctier d'Aunay : Miss Eva 
Broad wood, Prince Ruspoli ; Mrs. T. Bispham, Sir 
W. L. Booker; Miss Virginia Bonynge, Viscount 
Decrhurst ; Miss Brewster, Count Frankenstein ; Miss 
Maud Burke, Sir Bache Cunard ; Miss Butterfield, 
Count de Montauban ; Miss Eva Julia Br)'ant 
Mackay, Prince Colonna di Galatro : Miss Lina Cald- 
well, Baron von Zedwitz ; Miss E. Carroll, Baron 
dc la Grange; Miss Carroll, Count de Kergorlay ; 
Miss Agnes Carroll, Count Heussenstamm ; Miss 
Elizabeth Carey, Chevalier Stucrs ; Miss Norma 
Christmas, Marquis de Suarez d'Aulan ; Miss Joseph- 
ine Mary Curtis, Prince Ruspoli; Miss Louise Cor- 
bin, Capt. Walpole, heir of Earl of Orford ; Miss 
Annie Cutting, Baron de Vrierc ; Miss Eleanor 
Cuyler, Sir Philip Grcy-Egerton ; Miss Claire Cou- 
dert. Marquis de Choiscul ; Miss Elizabeth Chizclle, 
Baron Stillfried; Miss Donohuc, Baron Schrocdcr; 
Miss Flora Davis, Lord Terence Blackwood ; Miss 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 'ip'J 



Mathilde Davis, Duke of Sante Monfeltrio della 
Revere ; Miss Ehret, Baron von Zedlitz ; Miss Mary 
Endicott, Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain ; Miss 
Field, Prince de Suzanet ; Miss Elizabeth Hickson 
Field, Prince Brancaccio ; Miss Jeanie Lucinda 
Field, Sir Anthony Musgrave ; Miss Edith Fish, 
Hon. Hugh Northcote ; Miss Blanche Fisher, Count 
James d'Aramon ; Miss Louise Frost, Hon. Fred- 
erick William Vernon ; Miss Fry, Marquis di Torri- 
giani ; Miss Fisher, Count Gherandeschi ; Miss 
Forbes, Duke of Choiseul-Praslin ; Miss Louise 
Friedner, Baron Vietinghoff ; Miss Jane G. Frost, 
Sir Louis William Molesworth ; Miss Flagler, Baron 
Harden Hickey ; Miss Florence Garner, Sir William 
Gordon-Cumming ; Miss Lita Garner, Marquis de 
Breteuil ; Miss Estella Garrison, Hon. Charles Maule 
Ramsay ; Mrs. Herbert Gallatin, Count Auguste de 
Rohan Chabet ; Miss Maud Ely Goddard, Prince 
Charles Poniatowski ; Miss Adele Grant, Earl of 
Essex ; Miss Mary Gratiot, Count de Montholon ; 
Miss Gillender, Marquis di San Marzano ; Miss 
Anna Gould, Count Boniface de Castellane ; Mrs. 
Hammersly, Duke of Marlborough and Lord Wil- 
liam Beresford ; Miss Medora Marie Hoffman, 
Marquis de Mores ; Miss Mary Hooper, Marquis 
d'Adda-Salvaterra ; Miss Clara Huntington, Prince 
Hatzfeldt ; Miss Louise Hatcher, Baron Gomez ; 
Miss Mary Heyvvard, Count de Chabot ; Miss Ada 
Hungerford, Count Telfener ; Miss Annie Hutton, 
Count Moltke-Hvitfeldt ; Miss Fannie Hutton, Mar- 
quis di Porta ; Mrs. J. P. Ives, Sir William Vernon 
Harcourt; Miss Jennie Jerome, Lord Randolph- 



3o8 Ri'iHtnisccfues of Saratoga. 



Churchill ; Miss Jay, Gen. von Schwcinitz ; Miss 
Constance Kinney, Count Ca-sar Gianotti ; Mrs. 
Thomas Kingsland, Duke of Akiraijana; Miss Mary 
Livingston King, Hon. Henry Wodchousc and 
Marquis of Anglesey; Miss May Knowlton, Count 
SicrstorpfT ; Miss Frances M. Lawrence, Lord 
Vernon; Miss Mary Lcdoux, Marquis dc Valori ; 
Miss Mary Lee, Prince Frederick of Schleswig- 
Holstein, and Gen. Count Waldersee ; Miss Mary 
Lewis, Count Amadci ; Miss Anita Ledoux, Baron 
Brin ; Miss Elizabeth Livingston, W. G. Cavcndish- 
Bentinck, M.T. ; Miss Carola Livingston, Count dc 
Laugicr-V'illars ; Miss Mary Lcilcr, Hon. G. N. 
Curzon, M.P. ; Mrs. Charles F. Livermore, Baron 
Raymond de Seillicre ; Mrs. George Lorillard, Count 
dc Casa dc Agreda; Miss Ella Luckers, Count 
BcmstorfT ; Miss Cornelia Martin, Earl of Craven; 
Miss McAllister, Count FolchiA^ici ; Miss Amelic 
McCarthy, Comte de Dion ; Miss Meta McCall, 
Count de Bcllerochc ; Miss Kathcrinc McVicker, 
Lord Grantlcy : Miss Mattic Mitchell, Duke de la 
Rochefoucauld ; Miss Meiggs, Count dc Ncffray ; 
Miss Mar>' Meincll, Count d'Avcncl ; Miss Elizabeth 
Mcincll, Baron La Tournellc ; Miss Amalic Meincll, 
Baron Klcnck; Miss Mary Moore, Baron von Bildt ; 
Miss Moore, Baron von Rosen ; Miss May Morgan 
Sir R. Plunkett ; Miss Mary Moulton, Baron 
Raaben ; Miss Anita Theresa Murphy, Sir Charles 
M. Wolseley: Miss Kathcrinc Ornc, Count de Bar- 
ralha ; Miss Alice O'Donncll, Count dc la Bassctiere ; 
Miss Emily O'Sullivan. Count dc San Carlos; Miss 
Kate Parkcs, Count Mounzeili ; Miss Pilic, Marquis 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Me7i. 309 

deChasseloup-Loubat ; Miss Helen Penniman, Baron 
de Bremont ; Miss Phelps, Baron von Rothenburg ; 
Miss Ann Reid, Sir Arthur P. F. Aylmer ; Miss 
Mary Reade, Lord Falkland ; Miss Emily Roberts, 
Sir Edmund Hornby; Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts, 
Col. Ralph Vivian ; Miss Cornelia Roosevelt, Baron 
G. Seydlitz ; Miss Mary Schenck, Duke of Villars- 
Blanco ; Miss Stokes, Count Solderini ; Miss Eliza- 
beth Shenley, Hon. Ralph Harbord ; Mrs. Isaac 
Singer, Duke of Camposelice ; Miss Winnaretta 
Singer, Prince de Scey-Montheliard ; Miss Isabella 
Singer, Duke Decazes ; Miss Florence Emily Sharon, 
Sir Thomas Hesketh ; Miss Slidell, Baron Erlanger ; 
Miss Slidell, Count de Saint-Roman ; Miss Beth 
Sperry, Prince Andre Foniatowsky ; Miss May Par- 
sons, Prince de Lynar ; Miss Sarah Phelps Stokes, 
Baron Halkett ; Miss Ellen Stager, Lord James A. 
W. F. Butler ; Miss Cora Slocomb, Count di Brazza- 
Savorgnan ; Mrs. Frederick Stevens, Duke de Dino ; 
Miss Minnie Stevens, Col. Arthur Paget ; Miss 
Eleanor Spencer, Prince Vicovaro ; Miss Terry, 
Baron Blanc ; Miss Thorne, Count de Frusca ; Miss 
Ella Thorndike, Count de Sartiges ; Miss Helen 
Thomas, Vicomte d'Anglemont ; Miss Belle Wilson, 
Hon. Michael Henry Herbert ; Miss Lily Wilson, 
Count Lewenhaupt ; Miss Wheeler, Count Pappen- 
heim ; Miss Adele Ward, Baron A. von Bulow ; 
Miss Frances Work, Hon. J. B. Burke-Roche ; Miss 
Consuelo Yznaga, Duke of Manchester ; Miss Natica 
Yznaga, Sir John Lister-Kaye. 

Rear-Admiral James William Augustus Nicholson, 
retired, and Mrs. Nicholson, were always welcome 



3 1 o Rntiiniscfncrs of Saratogi • 

season ^jucsts at the States. Admiiil NiLliulson 
came of an old family of naval officers, some mem- 
bcr havini; been constantly in the service for over 
one hundred years. Since 1755 eighteen of the 
name and family have been in the Navy, three have 
won broad pennants, and a fourfli 'll-'l iiist as he 
received an appointment to one. 

The Admiral himself had been i;i im Navy for 
nearly forty-nine years. In 1857 and i860 he was 
on duty on the African coast, suppressing the slave 
trade. In 1864 he w.is in command of the Manhat- 
tan^ under Admiral Farragut.in the Gulf blockading 
squadron ; and it was the fifteen-inch shot from the 
Manhattan that penetrated the armor of the Con- 
federate ram Tennessee, and caused her to surrender. 
In 1881, while commanding the European squadron. 

he witnessed the bomb.T ' ' \' xandria by the 

English. 

I once asked the Admiral trcin \shat direction the 
wind was blowing. He quickly answered that he 
could not readily tell on land, but if he were at sea 
he could do so in a moment. He was very attentive 
to his wife, and gave much of his time to her. Mrs. 
Nicholson unquestionably exercised a great influence 
over the Admiral ; so much so, that what seemed 
agreeable to one became agreeable to the other 
through the strong bond of sympathy. On one oc- 
casion, having one of her wraps hanging over his 
arm and a parasol in one hand. I accosted him in 
these words : " Admiral, you arc always engaged in 
some kind office for your better half." '* Why." said 
he, " the men have nothing to do up here in Saratoga 
but to wait on their wives." 




JEFFERSON SELIQMAN. 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 3 1 1 

It is in the character of wife that Mrs. Nicholson 
is most profoundly admired by those who know her 
well. There is a seeming reserve and quiet de- 
meanor about her, in the presence of acquaintances, 
which gives no hint of her generous impulses of 
mind and heart. Mrs. Nicholson has many accom- 
phshments, and is altogether a thoroughly interesting 
and charming woman. She has very decided opin- 
ions about things, but she expresses them so gently 
that you are scarcely aware that they have been 
expressed until you run up against some of them, 
and then you find that she knows how to defend 
them. Courtesy with her is a fine art. 

The following beautiful words were spoken by 
Dr. Cuyler at Admiral Nicholson's funeral: 



am 



" When I heard Admiral Nicholson's last words, ' I 
dying,' I was reminded of that most beautiful passage of 
Bunyan, where Valiant arrives at the river of death. 
' My sword shall I give to him who comes after me on 
my pilgrimage ; my courage and skill to him who can 
get it ; my marks and scars I carry with me to be my 
witness that I have fought for Him who shall be my re- 
warder.' And as Vahant entered the river, he cried, 
' O Death, where is thy sting ? ' and as he went still 
deeper, ' O grave, where is thy victory ? ' So Vahant 
went over, and the trumpets sounded for him on the 
other side." 

Rear-Admiral William Edgar Leroy, U. S. N., 
and Mrs. Leroy, were season guests at the United 
States. Mrs. Leroy is not only a handsome woman, 
but charms you with her sweet manners and win- 



3 1 2 Rtminiscences of Saratoga. 

ning ways ; while the Admiral is familiarly known 
as the Chesterfield of the Navy. 

David H. Harmony, U. S. N., accompanied by 
Mrs. Harmony, was very fond of spendini^ a few 
days each season at the Spa, and their names could 
always be found on the States register. They are a 
delightful couple to meet, and their society was in 
constant demand. 

The Admiral is very fine looking, dignified in his 
demeanor, one of the most positive of men, with 
decided convictions. His face has been burned by 
the sun, and exposure to the salt air, until it is of a 
dark bronze hue, through which the rich tinge of 
health appears on his checks. The contour of his 
kind and J)(ni\..!< fit f.n » u<.i;'ii h, t passport any- 
where. 

Mrs. Ii.iiiii"iiN 1^ .111 .iiii.i*.ii\ t w.inan, most di- 
vinely fair, gentle, and refined, with such exquisite 
manners that you arc at once charmed with her sweet 
and gracious presence. Mrs. Harmony is of medium 
height, yet she wears her gowns with the dignity of 
a queen ; and they are made in such a becoming style 
that they add inches to her height, and give her such 
a fine appearance that one thinks her a tall woman. 

The last season that Mrs. Harmony was at the 
United States, she was there alone. It was in the 
summer of 1890; and I was deeply interested in a 
charming conversation with her, relative to the first 
year of President Harrison's administration from a 
social standpoint. Of course, Mrs. Harmony, being a 
resident of Washington at that time, participated in 
all the leading social events. The Admiral was 



Personal Reminiscences of Notable Men. 3 1 3 

abroad at the time of which I write, and Mrs. Har- 
mony was soon to set sail and join her husband, as 
she informed me. 

When my old and greatly esteemed friend, Hon. 
William Walter Phelps of New Jersey, returned 
home from his post at Berlin, he took occasion, at a 
reception tendered him, to pay the following touch- 
ing and beautiful tribute to his successor, Hon. 
Theodore Runyon : — 

" You notice I keep on this side of the water in my 
talk. You expected that, when I told you that I would n't 
accept this compliment as a tribute to my public services 
in Berlin, but only as a friendly welcome to a neighbor 
who had been a long while from home and was glad to 
get back. It doesn't seem to me that I did any more 
than my duty in Germany, and I don't want to act as if 
I thought I had. But in a Jersey gathering there is no 
reason why I may not refer to the pride and satisfaction 
with which I welcomed my successor. The Newark 
journal, at a guess, said the morning after the nomina- 
tion, ' If Mr. Phelps had named his own successor, he 
would have named Theodore Runyon.' 

The Newark yournal fired at random, but it struck 
the bull's-eye. With the dignity of age, with the mem- 
ory of the highest offices of the Commonwealth long and 
worthily held, with a position in religious and legal and 
political circles of the highest, he would be everywhere 
greeted as the first citizen of New Jersey. The Emperor 
William could not expect to get anything better than that. 
May Minister Runyon be happy on the banks of the Spree. 
He can scarcely be so happy as I am on the banks of 
the Overpeck. And as I drive back to Teaneck to-night 
on the familiar road I have driven in all weathers and all 



3 1 4 Acf/ttmsirfurs oj Saratoga. 



moods, my two lusty sons, Englcwoodbrcd ami lOnylc- 
wood freeholders, will hear me say for the thousandth 
time, it was no mistake to come to Englewood." 

An old habitu<^ of the United States was Mr. 
Phelps. He was fond of enjoying the beauties of 
Saratoga and the home-like comforts of the hotel. 

Hon. W. R. Grace and family, of New York, ar( 
frequent visitors to Saratoga. The Ex-Mayor > 
matiner is engaging and frank : he never seems hur- 
ried or ill at ease, but calm and unruffled ; he is cour- 
teous and a born gentleman, with a great big generous 
heart, and cannot fail to make a decided impression 
upon all who are so fortunate as to make his acqaint- 
ance. 

Mrs. Grace is exceedingly handsome, and is always 
dressed in elegant and fashionable gowns, severely 
simple and stylish. She is of medium height, beau- 
tifully proportioned, and makes a pleasing picture as 
she sits on the broad lawn piazza of the hotel, sur- 
rounded by a happy coterie of friends, listening to 
the music. 

John M. Toucey and his accomplislicd wife came 
quite often to the States, and were pleasantly located 
in Cottage Row. Mr. Toucey is one of Nature's 
noblemen, an estimable man whose character all his 
fellow-citizens hold in high regard. He is possessed 
of great natural executive ability, qualified by train- 
ing and experience ; quiet and unassuming in manner, 
kind and generous of heart, one whom it is an honor 
to call a friend. He is slow and deliberate in his 
speech, and seems to turn over everything in his 
mind before uttcrinc! it. It were a waste of words to 



Persojial Reminiscences of Notable Men. 3 1 5 

add to the encomiums already showered upon him at 
various times in his long connection with the road of 
which he is the General Manager; distinguished for 
his energy and industry, and those pre-eminent 
charms of mind and person which have made him the 
idol of that magnificent and superb road leading 
from New York to Buffalo, the New York Central 
and Hudson River Railroad. 

The writer of the foregoing remembers Mr. Toucey 
when he was quite a young and handsome man, em- 
ployed as a conductor on the road which was known 
at that time simply as the Hudson River Railroad, 
and he has very pleasant memories of Mr. Toucey's 
kindness on several occasions since then. 

We desire to incorporate here the following ar- 
ticle from the Cornell Daily Sun concerning Henry 
W. Sage. — 

" Henry W. Sage is a great public benefactor. What 
Cornell owes to him can hardly be estimated in figures, 
but it would be well to recall at least the bare list of his 
great gifts : Sage college for women, with endowment 
fund (1873), $266,000 ; Sage Chapel (1873), $30,000 ; 
Contribution toward extinguishment of a floating debt 
(1881), $30,000 ; house of Sage professor of philosophy 
(1886), $11,000 ; Susan Linn Sage chair of philosophy 
(1886), $50,000 ; Susan Linn school of philosophy (1S86). 
$200,000 ; University Library building (1891), $260,000 ; 
University Library endowment (1891), $300,000; casts 
for archiEological museum (1891), $8,000 : total, 
$1,155,000. 

" This, we need hardly say, does not nearly represent 
the sum of money Mr. Sage has added to our endow- 



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ment. For fifteen years he managed our great pine 
lands for no compensation whatever, and ultimately real- 
ized on them, $6,000,000, although the trustees would 
once have accepted $1,000,000 but for his objection. 
It is worth while also to note, as we understand Mr. 
Howe to mean, that Mr. Sage has been a stanch up- 
holder of liberal education at Cornell. Religion, phil- 
osophy, classical archaology, and the education of 
women, have been the profiters by his munificence." 



^* \ 




INDEX. 



Albani, Mademoiselle, 50 
Alger, Mr. C. C, 5 
Allen. Mrs. C. H., 259 ^ ^ 
Amsdell, Mr- and Mrs. Geo. 1., 

Andrews, Hon. and Mrs. Geo. P., 

178, 245, 268 
Andrews, Miss, 182 
Antelo, Mr. A. J., 165 
Antelo, The Misses, 165 
Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. D. 

Sidney, 276 . , . 

Appleton, Master Daniel, 276 
Appleton, Miss Georgia, 276 
Appold, Mr. George J., 255 
Appold, The Misses, 255 
Arkell, Mr. Wm. J-- ^44, 242 
Armstead, Mr. and Mrs. H. H., 

103 
Armstead, Miss Bessie, 103 
Armour, Mr. and Mrs. H. O., 

Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E., 

Arnold, Mr. D. S., 249 
Arthur, Hon. Chester A., 64, 

ArAur, Mrs. Chester A.. 233 
As or, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob, 

205 
Astor, Mr. and Mrs. W. W., 29] 



Avers, Mr. and Mrs., H. M., 242 
Avers Mr. and Mrs. M. W., 242 
Ayers, Mr. Wm. C. A., 242 

B 

Baldwin, Ex-Governor, 115 
Baldwin, The Misses, 266 
Ballard, Mr. and Mrs. Frank N., 

230 
Barbey, Mr., 13 
Barclay, Mr. J. Searle, 262 
Barclay, Mrs. J. Searle, 20, 263 
Barnes, Mr. Charles, 160 
Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. T. Weed, 

247 
Barr, Miss Alice E., 160 
Bartle, Mr. A., 160 
Bartlett, Hon. and Mrs. E. 1., 

Batcheller, Hon. George S., 266, 

267, 273 
Batcheller, Mrs. Geo. S. , 267 
Batcheller, Miss Kate, 266 
Baudouine, Mr. C. A., 129 
Baudouine, Mr. C. A., Jr., 129 
Baudouine, Mrs., i3i 
Bayard, Hon. Thomas F., 234 
Bavlis, Mrs. William, 237 
Beach, Capt. and Mrs. Warren 
C, 119, 164, 170 
I Beaufort, Duke of, 70 
[ I Beckel, Mrs. Benjamin 1'., 103 

317 



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Indix. 



licldcn. Mr\., I30. laa. i8o 
liclmonl. Mr. August. 31 
Ucncdict. Ilun. and Mr». Cbas. 

I .. 167 
Ilrtinrll. Mr K, II , »ft« 

1!. *• " ' " :-?: 

I! 

J. 
I 
li. 

H.v! i. II 1.. V, ui 1'.. i;j. i;* 
IU>h<.|.. Mr». Wm D.. 178 
H1.U ... II n 14UI-. (; . .•14 
If 
li 

HI-: 

ucl. 112 
Blisk. Mr. Gcorpc. 6-, 
!<!■ v. ' 

r 
l; 
It 

n 

Bi>i;'^M. Mrv -^ »,.. 11^, i;2, i;.), 

180. 264 

Ik^-rT. Th.- Mi .«-v. ir ,. I-, 
H 

l! 
15 

Bowie. Ex-C.ov. Odcn. 258 
Ruzeman, Dr. Nathan, 248 
Hrand. Miss I^iura. 242 
Brcslin, Mr. Jatnrs II., 5 
Uristow, Hon. and Mrs. B. II., 

no 
Bromley, Mr. and Mrs. Miles 

Standish, 97 
Brookman, Mr. and Mrs. II. 

D., 120, 254 
Brookman, Mr. Henry rrciiti • , 

254 
Brooks. Mr. Tin, 237 
Brooks, 1 II' 

Brown, ^' . = ; 

Brown. .^! • r, 2 ■ 

Brown, .Mr. U. I., 56 
Brown. Dr. and' Mrs. Philip H., 

Jr.. M3 



Bryant. Mr. and Mr*. W lleii- 

derMn, 257 
Bryant, Mr. William Cullcii. 2&1 
Hull. lion. Melville. 361 
Burchard, Dr. and .Mr>. T. II , 

iiy, 165. 182 
Burd. .Mr. Frank A.. 264 
iVirfrn-Slr.mr Wedding, 220 
: ironeis. 7 
. M.M..2.r; 
.245 
L-il.t, .Ma.icj K..hcrl laiw, 237 
Burnet. Mr. K. W., 1 1<) 
liimi.Mvic. (.en. Ambroite E., ao 



■ 1. Mr. S. U., 119, 179. 27: 
.1, Mr%. S. U.. 119. 17',, 
i'M. 27a 

ril. Mr». Dr.. 14a 
>ii, Mn>. A, Scott, 363 
... .. , ,j„ 

I. 251 

< .in.j.l.cU y\\. .v.. ! .^lr^. W. .V.. 

Carey, Rt. Rev. and Mr*., 252 
('arliarl. Mi*. Amory. 254 

< "amecie, Mr. and ^Irs. .Andrew, 

Carion, Mis* A., I5<), 160 
I Carter, Mr. and Mr.. Oliver S., 
179. 231 
Chaney, Rev. George I., 1S7 
Cbapin. Mr. and Mrs. Abel D., 

268 
Chapin, Mr. Chester W.. 269 
Chapin, Mr. and .Mrs. L. lloff- 
•1. 268 
.an, .Mr. Wm. II.. 178,259 
, .Mr. George W., 72, 292 
( !:>hulm. The Misses. 63 
Church. Col. Walter .S.. 81 
Churchill, I^rd and Lady Ran- 
dolph, 16 
riark, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.. 1S2 
• lark, .Ma.ster Edmund, 246 
Clark, Master Grant. 246 
Cleveland, Hon. Grover and 
Mrs., 66 



Index. 



319 



Clews, Mr. Henry, 167 
Clover, Rev. Mr., 242 
Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. W. F., 179 
Cochrane, Dr., 264 
Coddington, Mr. Gilbert S., 143 
Coggeshall, Mr. and Mrs., 119 
Collis, Mrs. C. J., 181 
Collis, Mrs. Chas. H. T., 102, 262 
Collis, Gen. Chas. H. T., 262 
Compton, Hon. Mr., 284 
Conkling, Col. Fred. A., 87 
Conkling, Miss Laura, 87 
Cook, Mr. James C, 237 
Cook, Hon. James M., 267 
Cook, Miss M. E., 237 
Corcoran, Hon. W. W., 24 
Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin, 16 
Corning, Hon. and Mrs. Erastus, 

16 
Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Erastus, 

201 
Corning Ball at Albany, 201 
Comwell, Hon. Horace, 178 
Cottrell, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin, 

231 
Crackenthorpe, Hon. Montague, 

274 
Cramp, Mr. and Mrs. J. C, 123 
Cramp, Miss, 123 
Crane, Rev. and Mrs. Oliver, 

182, 238 
Craven, Earl and Countess of, 

130 
Crocker, Rev. Joseph 11., 187 
Cumming, Sir Wm. and Lady 

Gordon, 300 
Curtin, Ex-Gov. and Mrs., 94 
Curtis, Hon. Geo. William, 100 
Curtiss, Mr. Edward M., 104 
Cutting, Mr. J. D. W., 119 
Cutting, Mr. Robert L., 98, 119 
Cutting, Mr. Robert L., Jr., 98 
Curzon-Leiter Wedding, 294 



Dahlgren, Rear Adm. John 

Adolf, 87 
Dahlgren, Mr. and Mrs. John 

v., 87 

Dana, Mr. Charles A., 281 



Davies, Judge Henry E., 20, 134 

Davies, Mr. and Mrs., 136 

Davies, Mrs., 21 

Davis, Hon. H. C, 266 

Davis, Miss Grace, 266 

De Castellane-Gould Wedding, 

215 
Dechert, Mrs. Yellott D., 252 
Dechert, Master James F., 252 
De Leon, Mr. H. H., 250 
De Leon, Miss, 250 
Depew, Hon. Chauncey M., 285 
Devereaux, Miss N. A., 181 
De Vissar, Mr. Simon, 21 
Dickey, Mr. Charles D., 165, 175 
Dickey, Miss, 175 
Dillon, Miss Anne, 85 
Dillon, Hon. John Forrest, 133 
Dix, Dr. and Mrs. Morgan A., 63 
Dodge, Miss Cassie, 179 
Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E., 

179 
Dodge, Mr. Wm. E., 17, 182 
Dodge, Mrs. Wm. E,. 182 
Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel 

J., 267 
Donnell, Miss Florence, 267 
Dougherty, Hon. Daniel, 98, 113 
Dougherty, Mrs. Daniel, 98 
Downing, Mr. and Mrs. Augus- 
tus C, 256 
Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M., 

124 
Drexel, Mr. Anthony J., 292 
Dumond, Dr. and Mrs. C. J., 20, 

120, 173 
Dumond, Miss Ida, 120, 178 
Duncan, Miss Margaret Preston, 

241, 242 
Duncan, Mr. Wm. Butler, 20 
Dutilh, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, 

123 



Edwards, Dr., 160 
Ehninger, Mrs. John W., 119 
Elder, Mr. George W., 259 
Elder, Mrs. George W., 259, 272 
Elkins, Mrs. Stephen B., 266 
Ellis, Mr. W. D„ 264 



320 



Indrx. 



i8o 


( , ■■ 


•79 


• : : 


i.^»^k. l\i *ud Mrv Jan ' 


rv John. 1 6a 


ii<). a4o 


. 17') 


1 ,• .'wv M,. i,..,^> r .,f 






A . .-4" 




■u. laa 




v E.. lai 




•i.. 1 hr ^^l»*«. tag 




1. Mr. and Mr«. Albert 


i>|r 


. Hon. Arthur P.. 119. 


Fir 
Kir 


Mr A I' Jr.. 119 


Flc 

Ki> 


■ =83 

100. aSs 


F.» 


r- 8,. ■,*, 


F.- 




Kit- 


' 




K.. 314 
-.arley. aa9 


FUglcr. Mr. Hrnry M. m^ 


"3 


K-Usler. Mr*.. t43 


i*. a«j 


nMinigu). Mr. Aod M r 
Florrttcc. Mr, 7t 


M.«3«. 243 

' 'III. 243.244 


Flower Mr and Mr«. ? D . i6( 


1 « <>7 


Fir •• '• " " •• 


Kj 




■ IV. J7 


FI. 
Fc. 


Horace. 380 


For 




Fos- 




274 
Foi. Hon. Jtmet. 374 
Franklin. Nlr. and Mn.. a4 
Frmxer. Mr»., 13a 


k. Mr. and Mr*. Wm. 


i..:n.rrvell. Mia A. J.. l8a 


FrrlinghnjMn. Hon. Frederick 


H 


T.. 10 




Frelinghuywm. Mii» Tillic. 19 


Hagaman. Mr. and Mr». Theo- 


Frothingham. Mr. M. Stanton, 


' dore. 246 


i6a 


Hale. kcv. Edward Ererett. 187 


Furlong, Gen. Charles. 131 


Halketh. Baron and Baroneaa, 


G 


! 242 

Hall. .MiisCUrissa. 15 


Gage. Mr. Charles, 56 


Hamlin. Mr. and Mr*. Cicero I.. 


Gage, Miu Lucy. 347 


256 



Index. 



321 



Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., 234 
Handy, Dr. and Mrs., 85 
Hanson, Mr. Walter H., 120, 168 
Hanson, Mrs. Walter H., 120, 

168, 264 
Hanson, Master Walter, 168 
Harmon, Attorney-General, 274 
Harmony, Admiral and Mrs., 312 
Harnett, Mr. and Mrs. R. V., 

133, 178, 180 , ^, ^ , 
Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 

W., 253 
Harper, Mr. Joseph W., Jr., 63 
Harris, Hon. and Mrs. Hamilton, 

2 
Harrison, President, Reception 

to, by Mr. and Mrs. Stranahan, 

104 
Harvey, Mr. Peter, 21 
Hart, Mrs., 237, 242 
Hathorn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, 

247 
Hathorn, Miss Florence, 247 
Hayes, Hon. and Mrs. Ruther- 
ford B., 132 
Haynes, Mr. and Mrs. A. E., 178 
Haynes, Miss A. W., 178 
Heaton, Mr. Charles A., 236 
Heaton, Mr. Edward, 237 
Heaton, Mr. Guy, 237 
Hentz, Mrs. J. Henry, 127 
Herman, Miss Belle, 103 
Herrick, Hon. and Mrs. D. Cady, 

249 
Hicks-Lord, Mrs., 21 
Hill, Nicholas, Tribute to, 135 
Hilton, Judge Henry, 70 
Hoar, Hon. George F., 187 
Holland, Mr. George W., 129, 

275 
Holland, Mrs. George W., 128, 

274 
Hooker, Mrs., 122 
Horwitz, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. 

269 
Horwitz, Miss Adele, 269 
Hotchkiss, Mr. and Mrs. Justus 

182 
Hull, Dr. and Mrs. Calvin E. 

120, 238 



Hunt, Mr. Wilson G., I43 
Huntington, Mr. CoUis P., 119, 

256 
Hurlbut, Mr. Henry A. , 121 , 256 
Hurlbut, Mr. H. A., Jr., 164 
Husband, Mrs. K. C, 178 
Hyde, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B., 

120, 127 
Hyde, Mr. James H., 127 



Ivison, Mr. and Mrs. D. B., 179 
Ivison, The Misses, 179 



Jacobs, Miss Ida, 260 

James, Mrs. Julian, 120, 131, 

164, 175 
Janeway, Mr. John Howell. Jr., 

116 
Janvrin, Mr. Louis H., 55 
Jerome, Mr., 71 
Jerome, Mr. Lawrence, 15 
Jerome, Mr. Leonard W., 15 
Jesup, Mr. and Mrs. James R., 

115, 242 
Jewett, Rev. A. D. Lawrence, 

240 
Johnson, Mr. Alexander B., 179 
Johnson, Mrs. Alexander B., 179, 

182 
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 

W.,64, 165 



K 



Keene, Mr. and Mrs. Foxhall, 

178 
Keene, Mr. John R., 63 
Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Edson, 230 
Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. John. 165 
Kellogg, Miss, 165 
Kelly, Miss, 124 
Kenny, Mr. and Mrs. J. W., 123 
Kernochan, Mr., 13 
King, Mr. E. J., 179- 230 
King, Mrs. E. J., 119, I79. 230 
King, Mr. Henry L., 4 



322 



huif 1 



King. Mr. Juk, aj? 

King. Mr «od Mn. John. 17S. 



Ml I^W, 34<) 



Mr \\ 4f rrn |- , 301 

car Aiiminil and Mn., 





rank. 134 




Mr>.. 21 




231 




^I 


i 


Mr*., iiif. \it, l8u. 181. 


Kiv 




w, 


• ^'••>s Jennie, 103 
riliU. 119 






Francis and 


Kn. 


^.374 


li 


Kv.-,, 13 


Kn.i:h! Mr .VI 1 • 


. . 13 


•79 


'3 


Knowcr. Mr»., « . 


.13 


Knowcr. Mn. F 


. .Mr. I'ctcr, 13 


Knox. Mr. soil 


Mr. Pierre, 13. 249 


M.. 257 




KounU. Mrv AuguUu^ i^\ 


M 


Kraut. Mr. and .Mrv Willu. 




255 


.... ,.;,ar. Judge, 234 


L 


Mackav. Mr. |ohn \V.. 265 


Mackay. Mr. John NV.. Jr.. 265 


Ur- •:; 


Mackay. Mr*. John W.. 265 


l.ai .iM.. 179. 24a 


Mann. Mr. and Mrt. Benjamin. 


\jl\\. a \... 115. 242 


if'5 


l^moiii. .Ml. l^nsing. 115. 179 


Marie, Mr. Peter, 359 


Lanier. Mr. James F. D.. 234 


Marl»K)rough - Vanderbilt Wed- 


Lathrop. Mr. Panicl, 21 


'«'"B. 299 ,, ^ 


Ijilhrop. Mr*. Daniel. 168 


Marshall. Mr. John R.. 2i 


Latimer, Mr«. William. 63 


Martin. Mr.. <;7 


l-atr^' '• ■ • • ■- 


V' '• ■• Mr. and Mre. John 


Laiir 


-3'' w 


La« 


Hon. James M.. 55. 252 


Iji"- . i"0 


.Ni.rvm. Mrs. James M., 266 


U" 169. 181 


Mason, Mr. Sidney. 21. 175 


La«t I...169 


Mason. Mr.-.. Sidney, 175 



Index. 



323 



Mason, Lieut. T. Bailey Myers, 

175 
Mason, Miss, 241 
Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- 
ward, 20, 21 
May, Dr. and Mrs. Calvin S., 260 
May, Miss, 260 
Mayer, Miss Bertha, 103 
Mayham, Hon. Stephen L.,249 
Mayher, Miss Josephine C, 259 
McAllister, Mr. Ward, 206 
McAllister, The Misses, 116 
McAlpin, Mrs. E. A., 226 
McClellan, Mrs. George B., 136 
McConihe, Messrs., 264 
McCormick - Rockefeller Wed- 
ding, 303 
McCracken, Mr., 134 
McElroy, Mrs. John E., 64 
McGuire, Mrs. T. D., 20 
McKee, Mr. and Mrs. J. R., 229 
Meagher, Mrs. Thos. Francis, 

179 
Meyer, Mrs. Ida, 120, 284 
Meyer, Miss Irma, 120, 284, 285 
Mills, Mr. D. O., 256 
Montague, Miss, 255 
Monteith, Mr. and Mrs. Peter, 

20, 21 
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. James A., 

252 
Moore, Mr. Lucius, 123 
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. R., 179 
Morosini, Mr. and Mrs., 78 
Morosini, Miss, 78, 91 
Mornssey, Mr. and Mrs. John, 

63 
Morton, Hon. Levi P., Inaugura- 
tion of, 193 ; Reception of, 196 
Moseley, Mr. E. S., i6o 
Munn, Dr. J. P., 283 
Munn, Mrs. J. P., 100 
Munn, Mr. O. D., 21, 97, 170 
Munn, Mrs. O. D., 21, 97 
Munn, Master Charlie, 171 
Murphy, Hon. Edward, Jr., 1S5 
Murphy, Miss EUie, 186 
Musgrave, Lady, 270 
Musgrave, Hon. Dudley Field, 
270 



Myers, Mrs. T. Bailey, 164, 175, 
231 

N 

Nash, The Misses, 119, 165, 230 

264 
Nash, Mr. J. Warren, 119, 165 

230, 264 
Nathan, Mr. Benjamin, 20 
Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick, 

120 
Nehr, Mr. and Mrs. John H., 237 
Neilson, Mrs. Frederick, 304 
Neilson, Miss Belle, 304 
Nichol, Mrs. Charlotte Ann, 98 
Nicholson, Admiral and Mrs., 

309 
Nickels, Capt. H. E., 152, 160 
Niles, Mrs. Philip, 254 
Nixon, Miss Carrie, 186 
Nixon, Mr. S. F., 186 
Noble, Hon. and Mrs. John W., 

120 
Nolan, Hon. M. N., 126 
Nolan, The Misses, 127 
Norrie, Mr. Adam, 20, 170 
Norrie, Mrs. Adam, 20 
Norrie, Mr. A. Gordon, 179 
Northup, Bishop, 120 



Ochiltree, Mr. Thomas, 94 
O'Conor, Hon. and Mrs. Charles, 

21, 134 
Otto, Miss, 103 



Palmer, Hon. and Mrs. Thomas 

W., 140 
Parish, Mr, and Mrs. Henry, 182 
Parker, Mr. Joseph, 180, 240 
Payn, Miss Fannie, 257 
Peabody, Mr. Charles A., 255 
Peabody, Prof. Francis G., 187 
Peabody, Mr. Philip G., 255 
Pell, Mr. Duane, 21 
Pell, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wash- 
ington, 21 



324 



Index. 



Pcnniman. Mn. T. J.. 120. 164 
Pepper. Mr>. Jame» E.. 103 
rerry, I>r. John L.. 55 
Perry, Mr*. John L., 276 
Pcrrv, Mr^ . ?«-) 



274 
Phelp*. Mr. IwucN.. 138 
Phelp«. Mn. luucN., 130 
Phclp*. Hon. \Vm. Waller. 

3'3 
I'hilli|>s. Mr. AukcIo, 2^13 
Philh|>*, Mr. nil. I Mr-Jonas. 363 
Philli|)ft, Mr. Moiri>, 243 
Phillip*. MiM. 242 
Picrpont. 1 1 on. Edwards. . 

Banquet o(. to CJen. Grant 
Piersoo, Chancellor Henry 

81 
PI I ' Mr*. H. B.. 

p. rente A.. 2- 

P.' 11. C. 119 

I'rtM-n. Mr. and Mr*. He: 

263 
Provost. Mr. P. E.. 160 
Pulit/cr. Mr. Joseph, 278 
Pullman, Mr. ana Mrs. George 

M m 



Quinlard. kt. Rev. and Mrs. 

Chas. Todd. 252 
Quintard, Mr. George, 252 
Quinn, Mr., 85 
Qoinn, Miss, 85 



Randall. Mr. I).-ivid R., iig 
Randall, Mr. and Mrs. Henry, 

237 
Ransom, Mr. F. J., 179 
Ransom, Mr. and Mrs. W. A., 

179 
Raymond, Mrs Marcy, 178 
Reckendoffer. Mr. and Mrs. 

Louis, 120,122 



Reid. Mr. WhitcUw, 280 
Rcniien, Mr. Henry. 253 
Rcmvcn, .Mr. and Mrs. Robert 

C. , 253 
Rrmxcn, The Misses. 253 
1. .Mr. NVilliam. 253 
mdcr. Mr. and Mrs, 
, iro. 166 

The Misses. 63 
1 .Mrs. John, 203 
! Mia, 230 
tharlic. 7Vr> 
Irs. Alfrcfl \V.,l84 

. .^Il^s Rosalind, 184 

Kiiiicy, .Mni. Edward. 1 19 
Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall 
< . ;, 

cller. Mr. John I)., 137 
illrr. Mn^ John D.. 138 
Mitt. 302 
I iith. 302 
,n Wedding, 

k. Mr., 160 
Mr iiid Mrs Elihu, 174 
Mr. Henry S., 183 
Mr. 21 
and Mrs. H. M.. 

RusscH. Lord, Reception for, 273 
Ruthven. .Mrs. M. W., 120 
Ruttcr, Mrs.. 180 
Ryan, Mr. and Mrs., 63 
Ryan, Miss Carrie, 63 



Sackett. Judge William. 252 

Sage, Henry \V., 231, 315 

.St. John. Mr. and Mrs. Richard 

C. 246 
Sandford, Hon. John, 178 
Sands, Miss Anita, 249 
Sands. Mrs. Austin G., 63 
Sands, Miss Edith Cruger, 231 
Sands, Master Harold, 249 
Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H., 

249 
Sartoris, Mrs. Nellie Grant, 131 
Saxe, Mr. John G., 19 



Index. 



325 



Sayre, Mr. and Mrs. James R., 

119, 166 
Scarborough, Rt. Rev. and Mrs. 

John, 252 
Scheftel, Mr. and Mrs. A., 23S 
Schell, Mr. Augustus, 229 
Schell, Mrs. Augustus, 120, 164 
Schley, Mrs. Emma Keep, 119, 

165, 167 
Schoenberger, Mr. and Mrs. J. 

H., 63 
Schofield, Gen. and Mrs., 137 
Schonable, Miss Laura, 167 
Schvvarzman, Madam Frida, 160 
Scott, General Winfield, 234 
Seasongood, Miss Jennie, 181 
Seligman, Mrs. James, 119 
Seligman, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffer- 
son, 182 
Seligman, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse, 148 
Seligman, The Misses, 148 
Sewall, Mrs. C. M., 264 
Shepard, Col. Elliot F., 288 
Sheppard, Miss Louise C, 85 
Shoemaker, Mrs. Murray, 252 
Shoemaker, Miss Henrietta, 257 
Sickles, Gen. Daniel E., 74 
Sill, Miss Lydia, 61 
Sims, Mrs., 255 
Sims, Miss Stella, 255 
Sinn, Col. William F., 249 
Skidmore, Mr. VV. A., 86 
Skinner, Miss, 237 
Slattery, Mr. E. J., 119 
Slocum, Gen. Henry W., 121 
Slocum, Mr. and Mrs. H. W., 

178, 237 
Smead, Mrs. Wesley, 121, 178 
Smith, Mr. Charles, 181 
Smith, Dr. George R., 165 
Smith, Mr. George Stuart, 181, 

264 
Smith, Miss Lillian, 178 
Sothern, Mr., 71 
Spencer, Mr. A. W., 178 
Stanton, Mrs. J. R., 178, 250 
Stanton, Miss Martha, 250 
Stauffer, Mr., 268 
Sterry, Mr. Fred., 260 
Sterry, Mrs. Frederick, 261 



Stevens, Mrs. Paran, 217 
Stevenson, Miss Carrie, 103 
Stewart, Mrs. A. T., 70 
Stewart, Mrs. Lispenard, 63 
Stewart, Mrs., 180, 181, 264 
Stickney, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 

D., 254 
Stillman - Rockefeller Wedding, 

301 
Stokes, Mr. Anson Phelps, 139 
Stokes, Mrs. Anson Phelps, 242 
Stokes, Miss Phelps, 242 
Storm, Mr. and Mrs. George, 144 
Story, Mr. Rufus, 20, 27 
Stranahan, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. 
T., in; Reception to Presi- 
dent Harrison, 104 
Stuart, Mr. Alexander, 21 
Stuart, Mr. Robert L., 21 
Stuart, Mrs. Robert L., 2i, 97 
Stub, Mr. C. W., 181 
Swan, Dr. W. E., 264 



Taber, Mr. Henry M., 167 

Taber, Miss Mary, 167 

Tailer, Mr. and Mrs. T. Suffern, 

125 
Tappenbeck, Mr. F. W., 179 
Taylor, Commander, 20 
Taylor, Mrs., 20 
Taylor, Gen. Charles H., 280 
Taylor, Dr. James Ridley, 258 
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs., loi, 

246 
Thompson, Miss Bertha, 246 
Thompson, Miss Eugenia, 102 
Thompson, Mrs. Henry, 181 
Thompson, Mrs. John, 238 
Thorne, Miss Margaret B., 255 
Tibbitts, Mrs. Frederick Row- 
ling, 185 
Tillotson, Mrs. Luther G., 103 
Todd, Mr. and Mrs. J. C, 124 
Tompkins, Hon. Daniel D., 248 
Tompkins, Mr. Hiram, 55, 57 
Tompkins, Mr. Jonathan G., 248 
Tompkins, The Misses, 248 
Toucey, Mr. and Mrs. John M., 
314 



326 



Imdtx. 



Towotciid. Mr. Franklin, 4 
Town»«od, Mr. (iCorge Alfred. 

17'; 
Townsvn<<. Mrk. WUIiftm II., 
Tracy, (;«»». Hcnjamin F.. 3<' 
Traak. Mr. and Mrv Spco • 

Travtn. Mr WtlHam R.. 13 
Trrr v.iiS 

Tr . 101 

Tr. 11 

Tur 
Tur 

In 



Walker, Miu Annie Row. 110, 

164 
^^ - Mr*. J. R.C., lao, 164 
Rl. Re*, ajid Mr*. Wm. 

} 

r. E. Ikrry.99, 178. 181. 

!r». E. Iterry, 181, 180 

Mr. and Mr*. J I'.. I ig. 
•'■S 
ikcr. Hon. and Mr*. 

;h. Hon. and Mr*. If. C, 

'. anici. Mrt., 178 

• jrrrn, .Mr. and Mn. Ira V., 



Van Antwerp, Mr. Joha H., i - 

350 
Vanderbill. Com:-- ' — - - 
VanderbUt. Mr 
Vanderbilt. Mr. i 
Vandcrbilt. Mr. « -c r,:^ f.j 
Vanderbilt. Miv» P.. 58 
Vanderbill. Mr. Willuun, te 
Vanderbilt. Mr. William H.. 58. 

59. ««5 
Vanderbilt. Mr*. Wm. H., 60 
Van Nc*», Mr. and Mr*. Edward, 

246 
Van Santvoord. Commwl .re A 

178 
Van Santvoord. Miia. i ' 
Vaox, Hon. Mr., <>4 
VeragTia. Duke of, 176 
Vivian, Capt. and Mr*, Ralph, 

123 
Von Stade, Mr.. 21 
Voorhis. Mr. Charle* li . 
Vreeland, Hon. and Mn. >. >.. 

131 

W 

Waddell. Mr. Covtnxxy, 77 
Waddell. Mrs. Coventry, 76 
Wads worth. Mr. and Mrs. W 

P.. 249 
Wales. Mr. and Mrs. Salem H.. 

21. 175 



rne, Mr*. C. H.. 85 

, Dr. and .Mr*. David, 

'!iuCele*le. 255 
k, Mr. and Mn. Geo. 

Whcrlick, Mr. W. H.. 183 
WM'.r. Mi. .v..' Mrs. Erra, 20 
\\ ■ ng, 297 

V -,. 191.264 

\s : P.. 140 

Wtlitauu. Mr. aitd Mr». II. P., 

178 
w P..„.hby. Mr.. 18 

Mr. and Mrs. George, 

.,.-->. .Mr. and Mr*. John D., 

ISO 
Work. Mr. Frank. 97 

r, .Mr. and .Mrs. Isador, 

■ r. Miss Carrie. 119 
\S riu^cr. Mrs., 246 
Wormscr. Mr. D.. 122 
Wormscr, Mi.vs Edith, 246 
Wormscr, Mr. and Mrs. Leopold. 

119 
Wormscr. Mr. Simon, Death of, 

290 
Woodward, Mr*. Jud(;e E., 241 
Wynkoop.Dr. H <- M 



